Thomas Bardolf, 5th Baron Bardolf (22 December 1369 – 19 February 1408) was a baron in the

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, Lord of

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, of Shelford and Stoke Bardolph in

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(Hallughton),

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, and others, and was "a person of especial eminence in his time". A supporter of the rebellion of

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, against King

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after the death of Percy's son

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, he died from wounds received at the Battle of Bramham Moor.

Life

The eldest son of

William 4th Lord Bardolf William Bardolf, 4th Baron Bardolf and 3rd Baron Damory (21 October 1349 – 29 January 1386) of Wormegay, Norfolk, was an extensive landowner in Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Suffolk and Surrey. He was the son of John Bardolf, 3rd Baron Bardolf and ...

, Knight, of Wormegay and his wife Agnes de Poynings, Thomas Bardolf de Wormegay, 5th

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, was summoned to the

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from 12 September 1390 to 25 August 1404. He took part with

, and others, in their insurrection against King Henry IV, and being pursued by the Royal army in great force, was obliged to flee to France. But about three years after returning to

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, he resumed his alliance with the Earl of Northumberland, Thomas Mowbray (Earl Marshall), and

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, only to be defeated again in Yorkshire by John of Lancaster and the Earl of Westmorland. The king ordered the execution of Mowbray and Scrope, who were subsequently beheaded at

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. Finally, in 1408, at the Battle of Bramham Moor, the rebels suffered a total defeat. Northumberland was slain, and Lord Bardolf was "so much hurt" that he died of his wounds soon after. Bardolf had married Avicia (or Amice), daughter of Ralph de Cromwell, 2nd

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. He left two daughters, Anne and Joan, his co-heirs. However, his honours and lands had already been forfeited to the Crown by

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Aftermath

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states that "Lord Bardolf's remains were quartered, and the quarters disposed of by being placed above the gates of

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(the king's half-brother), Sir George de Dunbar, Knight, and

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; but the latter's portion, upon the petition of his daughters Anne (with her husband Sir William Clifford, knt.) and Joan (with her husband Sir William Phelip), to the king, was granted in reversion, after the Queen's decease, to those sons-in-law of the attainted nobleman. Also, on "27 April 1407. The King to the

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. Referring to the late plea in Chancery between Amicia (sic) wife of Thomas, late lord of Bardolf, and George de Dunbarre regarding certain lands in Ruskynton forfeited by Thomas, which had been granted by the King to George, with the manor of Calthorpe, the half of Ancastre (and many others), wherein it was adjudged that Rusynton should be excepted from the grant and restored to her with the rents, etc., from 27 November 1405, drawn by George, - the King orders him to restore the same to Amicia. Westminster. lose, 9 Henry IV. m.17..Bain, Joseph, editor, ''Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland'', vol.iv, 1357 - 1508, Edinburgh, 1888, p.150, number 732.

Arms

Bardolf’s

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was

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ed ''Azure, three cinquefoils, or'', meaning three gold cinquefoil flowers on a blue shield.

Notes

References

* Burke, Sir Bernard,

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, ''The Extinct Peerage of England, Ireland, and Scotland'', p. 22-23. * Burke, Messrs., John and John Bernard, ''The Extinct & Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland'', 2nd edition, 1841, p. 594. * Bulwer, Brigadier-General, editor, ''The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563'',

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, 1895, p. 270, where he is designated "Thomas Bardolf of Spixworth, Knight". {{DEFAULTSORT:Bardolf, Thomas 5th Baron 14th-century births 1408 deaths 14th-century English politicians 15th-century English politicians 15th-century soldiers 5 English expatriates in France English military personnel killed in action English rebels English soldiers People convicted under a bill of attainder People from King's Lynn and West Norfolk (district) Year of birth unknown People from Spixworth