Editing Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent (section)

== Death ==
Hubert de Burgh died in [[Banstead]], Surrey, in 1243,<ref name=hasted/> and was buried in the Church of the Friars Preachers (commonly called [[Blackfriars, London|Black Friars]]) in Holborn, London.<ref name="Leslie p. 321"/>

His sons did not inherit his earldom, as the inheritance of the earldom was restricted to descendants of Hubert and his third wife, possibly because Henry III granted the title on account of Hubert marrying a Scottish princess.<ref>F. J. West, 'Burgh, Hubert de, earl of Kent (c. 1170–1243)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, revised online 2008</ref><ref>Susanna Annesley, "The Countess and the Constable: An exploration of the conflict that arose between Margaret de Burgh and Bertram de Criel", Henry III Fine Rolls Project, 2015: The National Archives and King's College London, http://www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/month/fm-07-2008.html, retrieved 21 December 2015, citing (Calendar of Charter Rolls 1226-57, p. 13).</ref><ref>S. H. F. Johnston. "The Lands of Hubert De Burgh" in ''The English Historical Review'', Vol. 50 (No. 199), Oxford University Press, 1935,  p. 430</ref>