CP Addition: William, son of William, 4th Lord Bardolf (d. 1386)

[Brad Verity]

At the death of William, 4th Lord Bardolf, in January 1386, his son
and heir was found to be Thomas Bardolf, aged 16.

But it appears Lord Bardolf had another son, named William, alive in
1378/9:

C 143/394/11 William Bardolf of Wormegay to grant his manor of
Addington to William Walcote for life, with remainder to William son
of the grantor and the heirs of his body, remainder to the right heirs
of the grantor. Surrey. 2 RICHARD II.

If the son William in the above grant was the eldest son of Lord
Bardolf, he was dead by 1382:

C 143/400/10 William de Bardolf, knight, to grant the manor of
Ruskington to Thomas his son, Avice wife of the said Thomas, and the
heirs of their bodies, retaining the manors of Caythorpe, Westborough
and Fillingham. Lincoln. 6 RICHARD II.

CP mentions that William, Lord Bardolf wrote a will in September 1385.
Does anyone know if it has been published, or how to locate it?

Cheers, --------Brad

[Tim Powys-Lybbe]

In message <8ed1b63.03042...@posting.google.com>
bat...@hotmail.com (Brad Verity) wrote:

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> CP mentions that William, Lord Bardolf wrote a will in September 1385.
> Does anyone know if it has been published, or how to locate it?

Roll out the Favourite Testamenta Vetusta, p. 116 and, seeing it is
short, here it is:

"William Bardolph, Lord of Wyrmegeye, at my manor of Cathorpe, in the
County of Lincoln, September 12, 1384. My body to be buried in the
quire of the Church of the Friars Carmelites at Lenne. To my heir male,
whomsoever he be, a part of the very cross of our Lord, set in gold."

Or on CDROM from ArchiveCDBooks (try Google).

The above may, of course, be an abstract and/or a translation.

--
Tim Powys-Lybbe t...@powys.org
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[Brad Verity]

Tim Powys-Lybbe <t...@powys.org> wrote in message news:

> Roll out the Favourite Testamenta Vetusta, p. 116 and, seeing it is
> short, here it is:
>
> "William Bardolph, Lord of Wyrmegeye, at my manor of Cathorpe, in the
> County of Lincoln, September 12, 1384. My body to be buried in the
> quire of the Church of the Friars Carmelites at Lenne. To my heir male,
> whomsoever he be, a part of the very cross of our Lord, set in gold."
>
> Or on CDROM from ArchiveCDBooks (try Google).
>
> The above may, of course, be an abstract and/or a translation.

Thanks, Tim. I think that may be the shortest will I have ever seen!
Lord Bardolf seemed quite abrupt: "bury me here, and whichever guy is
my heir gets this."

Curiously, CP XIV has a correction that instead of '(1385) 9 Ric. II'
the date of the will should be '(1384) 9 Ric. II at Wallingford, pr.
21 Mar. 1385/6'. But according to the above abstract, the will was
written at the Bardolf manor of Cathorpe in Lincolnshire, not at
Wallingford.

I wonder if the original has any further information? I need to try
and discover if it still exists, and where.

Thanks again.

Cheers,
---------Brad

[Chris Phillips]

Brad Verity wrote:
> Curiously, CP XIV has a correction that instead of '(1385) 9 Ric. II'
> the date of the will should be '(1384) 9 Ric. II at Wallingford, pr.
> 21 Mar. 1385/6'. But according to the above abstract, the will was
> written at the Bardolf manor of Cathorpe in Lincolnshire, not at
> Wallingford.

That correction to the date does seem odd - as far as I can see, 12
September 9 Richard II _was_ 1385, not 1384.

Chris Phillips