William 4th Lord Bardolf

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William 4th Baron Bardolf, of Wormegay, Norfolk, (21 October 1349 - 29 January 1386), was an extensive landowner in Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, Surrey, etc. In 1382 William Lord Bardolf had livery of his lands from the Crown.

He was summoned to parliament from 20th January 1376 to 3rd September 1385, as "William Bardolf of Wormegay". He served in the French and Irish wars, latterly under John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.

Lord Bardolf, a descendant of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, married Lady Agnes (d. 12 June 1403), daughter of Sir Michael 2nd Baron Poynings, Knt., of Bures (1317-1369). Coppinger writes: "Sir Michael de Poynings, 2nd Baron, gave a thousand marks to Queen Philippa in 1366 for the wardship and marriage of William, son and heir of John Lord Bardolf, to the end that he might take Agnes his daughter to wife, who by the name of 'Agnes Bardolf' is mentioned as a legatee in the will of her mother, Joane Lady Poynings dated 12th May 1369 and by that of 'Lady Bardolf my sister' in the will of Thomas Lord Poynings 28th October 1374."

Lord Bardolf died in 1385 and was succeeded by his son, Thomas.

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Burke, John and John Bernard, The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects, London, 1851, vol.2, p.vii, and pedigree CXVII.

Waters, Robert E.C., B.A., Barrister of the Inner Temple, Genealogical Memoirs of the Extinct Family of Chester of Chicheley &c., London, 1878, vol.1, p.140.

Burke, Sir Bernard, C.B.,LL.D., Ulster King of Arms, The Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, London, 1883, p.22)

Coppinger, W.A., M.A., etc., The Manors of Suffolk, London, 1905, pps.46-49.

Rye, Walter, (editor), The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563 & 1613, made by William Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, Clarencieux Cooke, and John Raven, Richmond Herald, London, 1891, p.65.

Rye, Walter, Norfolk Families, part II, Norwich, 1912, p.845.

Carr-Calthrop, Colonel Christopher William, C.B.E.,M.D., etc., Notes on the Families of Calthorpe & Calthrop, etc., Third edition, London, 1933. A pedigree showing the descent from Edward I, King of England, and his wife Eleanor of Castile, includes this William, Lord Bardolf, appears page 43.