Baron Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Forfeit Baronies of England, Abeyant Baronies of England.
Summary
6th February 1299. Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf (age 39) created.
September 1304. Son Thomas Bardolf 2nd Baron Bardolf (age 21) succeeded.
11th December 1357. Son John Bardolf 3rd Baron Bardolf (age 43) succeeded.
29th July 1363. Son William Bardolf 4th Baron Bardolf (age 13) succeeded.
29th January 1386. Son Thomas Bardolf 5th Baron Bardolf (age 16) succeeded.
4th December 1406. Thomas Bardolf 5th Baron Bardolf forfeit.
6th November 1453. Fourth Cousin Once Removed William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 15) restored.
19th December 1507. William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont abeyant.
On 6th February 1299 Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf (age 39) was created 1st Baron Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk by writ of summons.
In September 1304 Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf (age 44) died. His son Thomas (age 21) succeeded 2nd Baron Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk.
In 1331 Thomas Bardolf 2nd Baron Bardolf (age 48) and Agnes Grandison Baroness Bardolf (age 42) were married. She by marriage Baroness Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk.
Before 1349 John Bardolf 3rd Baron Bardolf (age 34) and Elizabeth Damory Baroness Bardolf (age 30) were married. She by marriage Baroness Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk.
On 11th December 1357 Thomas Bardolf 2nd Baron Bardolf (age 75) died. His son John (age 43) succeeded 3rd Baron Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk.
On 29th July 1363 John Bardolf 3rd Baron Bardolf (age 49) died at Assisi. His son William (age 13) succeeded 4th Baron Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk. Agnes Poynings Baroness Bardolf by marriage Baroness Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 29th January 1386 William Bardolf 4th Baron Bardolf (age 36) died. His son Thomas (age 16) succeeded 5th Baron Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk. Avice Cromwell Baroness Bardolf (age 16) by marriage Baroness Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk.
On 4th December 1406 Thomas Bardolf 5th Baron Bardolf (age 36) was declared a traitor and his titles Baron Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk forfeit.
On 19th February 1408 Thomas Rokeby's (age 28) force of Yorkshire levies defeated the Percy army during the Battle of Bramham Moor bringing to an end the Percy rebellion.
Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland (age 66) was killed. His body was afterwards hanged, drawn and quartered, his head being sent to London bridge and his quarters to diverse places. Possibly captured hanged, drawn and quartered after the battle. Earl of Northumberland, Baron Percy of Alnwick and Baron Percy of Topcliffe forfeit.
Thomas Bardolf 5th Baron Bardolf (age 38) was killed. Baron Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk had been forfeited in 1406 when Thomas Bardolf 5th Baron Bardolf was declared a traitor. It was restored on the 19th of July 1408 to his two daughters Anne Bardolf Baroness Cobham Sternborough (age 18) and Joan Bardolf (age 17) and their husbands William Clifford (age 33) and William Phelip (age 25) respectively.
The Abbot of Hailes Abbey [Map] was executed following the battle since he was wearing armour. Bishop Griffin Yonge (age 38), Bishop of Bangor, was captured, but wearing his vestments, he avoided execution.
On 6th November 1453 Anne Bardolf Baroness Cobham Sternborough (age 64) died. William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 15) was restored 6th Baron Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk.
On 19th December 1507 William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 69) died at Wivenhoe, Essex [Map] where he was buried. Viscount Beaumont extinct. Baron Beaumont and Baron Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk abeyant between his two nieces Joanne Lovell and Frideswell Lovell. The issue of Frideswell Lovell were disbarred from succeededing when her son Henry Norreys (age 25) was attainted. The issue of Joanne Lovell included his great nephews including Henry Norreys, George Stapleton (age 28) and great-great nephew Brian Stapleton (age 30). The title of Baron Beaumont was called out of abeyance in 1840 for Miles Thomas Stapleton 8th Baron Beaumont, a descendant of Brian Stapleton and an 11 x great-nephew of William Beaumont.