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William Bardolf
- Preferred Name: William Bardolf[1] [2]
- Gender: M
- FSID: M4P4-WLD
- Death: BEF 5 JAN 1276 in England
- Birth: BEF 1207 in England with note: Date and place unknown
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“WILLIAM BARDOLF, Knt., of Wormegay and Stow Bardolph, Norfolk, Ruskington, Lincoln, Shelford, Nottinghamshire, Barcombe, Fletching, Piddinghoe, Plumpton, and Portslade, Sussex, Harthill, Yorkshire, etc., son and heir, born about 1194 (of age in 1215). The name of his wife is not known. They had one son, William, Knt. He was granted livery of his father's lands in 1215/16. In 1231 he was granted 20 tree trucks from Sherwood Forest to make beams. He presented to a mediety of the church of Ruskington, Lincolnshire, 1236, and to the church of Gedling, Nottinghamshire, 1248 and 1272. In 1243 he was granted possession of the honour of Wormegay, Norfolk, following the death of his step-father, Hubert de Burgh. In 1250-1 he granted Ranulph, Abbot of Ramsey, the third part of a marsh called Westfen "infra fossatum de Pokedich versus Mereslaunde" and 50 acres of marsh "extra dictum fossatum versus Welles," together with a third part of the said "fossati." In 1254 he was employed to take £1,460 of state money to France to deliver it to Alphonse, Count of Toulouse. In 1257 he received a royal pardon for the deaths of three men, wherewith he was charged. In 1258 he was one of twelve appointed to help draw up the Provisions of Oxford. In 1264 he was appointed to keep the coast of Sussex at Pevensey. The same year he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Lewes. In 1274--5 Robert le Venur and Alice his wife arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against William Bardolf the elder and others touching a tenement in Brinkhill, Lincolnshire. In the same period, John son of Robert de Wygenhale arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against him and others touching a tenement in Tilney and Wiggenhall, Norfolk. SIR WILLIAM BARDOLF died shortly before 5 Jan. 1274/5.
Throsby Thoroton's Hist. of Nottinghamshire 3 (1790): 8-11. Annual Rpt. of the Deputy Keeper 44 (1883): 44, 268. Hart & Lyons Cartularium Monasteni de Rameseia 2 (Rolls Ser. 79) (1886): 320-321. Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 352. C.P. 1 (1910): 417. Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. 7 (1925): 16-21. Moor Knights of Edward I 1 (H.S.P. 80) (1929): 43. Davis Rotuli Roberti Grosseteste Episcopi Lincolniensis 1235-1253 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 11) (1914): 8. Taylor Recs. of the Barony & Honour of the Rape of Lewis (Sussex Rec. Soc. 44) (1939): 73-74. VCH Sussex7 (1940): 109-113. Clay Early Yorkshire Charters 8 (1949): 26-35. Train lists of Clergy of Central Nottinghamshire (Thoroton Soc. Rec. Ser. 15(1)) (1953): 53-54.”
=== !The Complete Peerage GS 942 D22 cok Vol ===
!The Complete Peerage GS 942 D22 cok Vol. 2 p. 417.
=== “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & M ===
“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“WILLIAM BARDOLF, Knt., of Wormegay and Stow Bardolph, Norfolk, Ruskington, Lincoln, Shelford, Nottinghamshire, Barcombe, Fletching, Piddinghoe, Plumpton, and Portslade, Sussex, Harthill, Yorkshire, etc., son and heir, born about 1194 (of age in 1215). The name of his wife is not known. They had one son, William, Knt. He was granted livery of his father's lands in 1215/16. In 1231 he was granted 20 tree trucks from Sherwood Forest to make beams. He presented to a mediety of the church of Ruskington, Lincolnshire, 1236, and to the church of Gedling, Nottinghamshire, 1248 and 1272. In 1243 he was granted possession of the honour of Wormegay, Norfolk, following the death of his step-father, Hubert de Burgh. In 1250-1 he granted Ranulph, Abbot of Ramsey, the third part of a marsh called Westfen "infra fossatum de Pokedich versus Mereslaunde" and 50 acres of marsh "extra dictum fossatum versus Welles," together with a third part of the said "fossati." In 1254 he was employed to take £1,460 of state money to France to deliver it to Alphonse, Count of Toulouse. In 1257 he received a royal pardon for the deaths of three men, wherewith he was charged. In 1258 he was one of twelve appointed to help draw up the Provisions of Oxford. In 1264 he was appointed to keep the coast of Sussex at Pevensey. The same year he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Lewes. In 1274--5 Robert le Venur and Alice his wife arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against William Bardolf the elder and others touching a tenement in Brinkhill, Lincolnshire. In the same period, John son of Robert de Wygenhale arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against him and others touching a tenement in Tilney and Wiggenhall, Norfolk. SIR WILLIAM BARDOLF died shortly before 5 Jan. 1274/5.
Throsby Thoroton's Hist. of Nottinghamshire 3 (1790): 8-11. Annual Rpt. of the Deputy Keeper 44 (1883): 44, 268. Hart & Lyons Cartularium Monasteni de Rameseia 2 (Rolls Ser. 79) (1886): 320-321. Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 352. C.P. 1 (1910): 417. Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. 7 (1925): 16-21. Moor Knights of Edward I 1 (H.S.P. 80) (1929): 43. Davis Rotuli Roberti Grosseteste Episcopi Lincolniensis 1235-1253 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 11) (1914): 8. Taylor Recs. of the Barony & Honour of the Rape of Lewis (Sussex Rec. Soc. 44) (1939): 73-74. VCH Sussex7 (1940): 109-113. Clay Early Yorkshire Charters 8 (1949): 26-35. Train lists of Clergy of Central Nottinghamshire (Thoroton Soc. Rec. Ser. 15(1)) (1953): 53-54.”
=== In 1232, William attened Henry III in p ===
In 1232, William attened Henry III in person in the expedition whic h he then made into France. In the next year, he had livery of the honor of the Barony of Wirmegay, which during his minority had been in the hands o f Huberty de Burgh, Earl of Kent; and he subsequently obtained royal charters f or markets and free warren throughout his different lordships and manors. In 125 7, he attended the king in his expedition to Wales, and was soon after cons tituted governor of Norttingham Castle. He was at the fatal battle of Lewes , under the royal banner, in 1264, and was there taken prisoner, along with the k ing.
=== SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.41, 45, 49; ENGLAND PUB AF NS (GS NUMBER 942 B2GGM) VOL 2; COMPLETE PEERAGE VOL 1 P.417; (GS NUMBER 942.58 H2CUW) VOL 2 P.174; (GS NUMBER 942.23 H2HA); LEICESTERSHIRE PUBLICATION A VOL 13 P.148, 149;
=== In 1242 he accompanied Henry III into Fr ===
In 1242 he accompanied Henry III into France. In 1243 he was granted Wormegay, England. In 1257 he accompanied Henry III into Wales and soon after was made governor of Nottingham Castle, Nottinghamshire, England. He was on the side of the King at the battle of Lewes, East Sussex, England, on 14 May 1264. He along with the King, was taken prisoner.
From the collection of Jerry Dean Ferren.
=== William Bardolf, in the 26th of Henry II ===
William Bardolf, in the 26th of Henry III [1242], attended that monarch in person in the expedition which he then made into France. In the next year, he had livery of the honour of Wirmegay, which, during his minority, had been in the hands of Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, and he subsequently obtained royal charters for markets and free warren throughout his different lordships and manors. In the 41st of the same monarch [1257], he attended the king in his expedition into Wales and was soon after constituted governor of Nottingham Castle. He was at the fatal battle of Lewes under the royal banner in 1264 and was there taken prisoner along with the king. He d. in the 4th of Edward I, anno 1275, and was s. by his son, William Bardolf. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 22, Bardolf, Barons Bardolf]
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William Bardolf (d 1275-6), baronial leader, was lord of Wirmgay, Norfolk, in right of his mother, daughter and heiress of William de Warrenne. In 1243 he had livery of his lands, and in 1258, in the parliament of Oxford, was elected one of the twelve baronial members of the council of twenty-four appointed to reform the realm. By the Provisions of Oxford he was made constable of Nottingham, and was among those offered pardon by the king 7 Dec 1261. Adhering to the barons, he became one of their sureties for observing the Mise of Amiens (13 Dec 1263), and was again entrusted by them with Nottingham, but surrendered it to the king after his victory at Northampton (13 April 1264), and joing him, was taken prisoner by the barons at Lewes (14 May 1264). He died about 1275, his son having livery of his lands in the fourth year of Edward I's reign. [Dictionary of National Biography I:1096]
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William, who remained the staunch liegeman of Henry III during the Baronial War, and was taken prisoner with him at Lewes, was the grandfather of the first Lord Bardolf, Hugh, summoned to parliament in 1299. [Battle Abbey Roll I:60]
Preferred Parents:
Father: Doun Bardolf, b. ABT 1173 in England d. 1205 in England
Mother: Beatrice Warenne, b. ABT 1174 in Norfolk, England d. ABT 12 DEC 1214 in Surrey, England
Family 1: Nichola , b. ABT 1210 in England
- William Bardolf of Wormegay, b. ABT 1229 in England d. 1 DEC 1289 in England
Sources:
- Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for William Bardolf
Author: 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 14', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 2, Edward I, ed. J E E S Sharp (London, 1906), pp. 112-118. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol2/pp112-118 [accessed 22 January 2020].
Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol2/pp112-118;
Note: 190. William Bardolf.
Writ, 5 Jan. 4 Edw. I [1276].
Leicester. Inq. Monday after St. Hilary, 4 Edw. I.
Haluton. A messuage, 12 virgates land in demesne, 64s. 5½d. rents, and 3 virgates land in villenage, held of the king in chief by knight's service.
Billisdon, Rolliston, Goutby and Haluton. 2 knights' fees pertaining to the barony of Scelford.
William his son, aged 30, is his next heir.
Writ, 5 Jan. 4 Edw. I.
Sussex. Inq. Thursday before the Conversion of St. Paul.
Plumptone. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church.
Berecompe. The manor (extent given).
Pydingho. The manor (extent given).
All held of Sir J. de Warren, earl of Surrey, service unspecified.
Flessinges. 40s. rent held of the prior of Lewes, service unspecified.
Heir as above, of full age.
Writ, 5 Jan. 4 Edw. I.
Lincoln. Inq. Friday before the Purification, 4 Edw. I.
Westburg. A moiety of the manor (extent given), held of the king in chief as member of a moiety of the barony of Schelford.
Brandon. A toft and ½ bovate land held of Alan Almot of Brandon for 3s. yearly.
Knights' fees held of the king in chief pertaining to the said moiety of a barony, viz.—
Wraweby. 2 fees held by Richard de Boselingtorp.
Claypol. ½ fee held by Sir Adam de Sancto Laudo.
Westburg. The advowson of the church.
Brinkel. The advowson of the church.
Heir as above.
Writ, 5 Jan. 4 Edw. I.
Nottingham. Inq. The octave of St. Hilary, 4 Edw. I.
Schelford. A moiety of the manor (extent given), including a messuage in Stok which is a member of Schelford, held of the king in chief for half a barony.
Stok with its members, viz.—Scheldford, Gedelyng and Karleton, and tenements in Notingham. 49s. 4d. and 1lb. cummin from free tenants who owe suit of court, 12l. 4s.½d. rent from villeins, 1 mark from a boat which carries men across the Trent, 12d. from a fishery, and 20s. perquisites of court.
Knights' fees held of the king in chief pertaining to the said half barony, viz.—
Karleton.½ fee held by Roger Millot.
[Derby.] Thurleston.½ fee held by Peter de Thurleston.
[Derby.] Aylwaston alias Aywaldeston. 2 fees held by the heir of Ralph de Freschevile; 1 fee held by John Fauvel; and ½ fee held by Robert de Haregrave.
Nottingham. Gedelyng. A moiety of the advowson of the church.
Heir as above.
Writ, 5 Jan. 4 Edw. I.
Norfolk. Inq. Saturday the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, 4 Edw. I.
Fineberge. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief as member of Wyrmegeye, which is held of the king by a whole barony; and 60a. arable, 3a. meadow, and a windmill, held of Sir Ralph de Kameys by service of 1 mark yearly.
No knight's fee pertains to this manor.
Fineberge and Gervestone. The advowsons of the churches were held of the king.
Heir as above, aged 45 and more.
Norfolk. Inq. Monday before the Purification, 4 Edw. I.
Wirmegeye. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by a whole barony.
15 knights' fees pertain to this barony, doing scutage when it happens.
Tilneye and Northrungetone. The advowsons of the churches.
Stowe. The manor, a member of Wermegeye (extent given).
Northrungetone, pertaining to the manor of Wermegeye (extent given).
Tilneye. 30 acres land pertaining to the said manor.
The above tenements were held by service of 7s. monthly for the guard of the castle of Norwich, and ½ mark yearly there for 'waytefe.'
(Unspecified.) 4 knights' fees held of the earl of Warenne by foreign service and homage; 9 knights' fees similarly held of the bishop of Norwich; and 2 knights' fees similarly held of the earl Marescall.
Morle. The advowson of the church similarly held of the earl of Warenne.
Heir as above, aged 45 and more.
C. Edw. I. File 14. (7.)
Page: The main subject of this source.
- Title: "William Bardolf" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Publication: Name: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/1361;
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