John Bardolf, 3rd Baron Bardolf,

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Wormegay Wormegay is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some south of King's Lynn and west of Norwich.Ordnance Survey (1999). ''OS Explorer Map 236 - King's Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham''. . It covers an area o ...

, Norfolk; 13 January 1314 – 29 July 1363), was a baron in the Peerage of England. He was the son of Thomas Bardolf, 2nd Baron Bardolf and Agnes Grandison, thought to be the daughter of

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.Douglas Richardson. ''Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial And Medieval Families,'' Genealogical Publishing, 2005. pg 608
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/ref> John Bardolf was in his minority when his father died in 1331 and in 1336, upon proof of his age being given, he did homage and was awarded livery of his lands which in addition to Wormegay included the lands and manors of Cantley, & Caistor,

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, Owmby,

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, and Addington, Surrey. He was summoned to parliament from 22 January 1336, to 1 June 1363 by Writs directed to ''Johanni Bardolf de Wirmegey''. This nobleman participated in the glories of the martial reign of King Edward III, notably in Scotland, Brittany, and even Germany, and attained the dignity of

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Family

He married Elizabeth Damory, daughter and heiress of Sir Roger d'Amory, Lord Damory, whom

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calls "that great woman", by whom he acquired a considerable accession of landed property. They had two daughters, Agnes and Elizabeth (or Isabel), and one son and heir,

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. John, Lord Bardolf, died at

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, and was succeeded by his son,

William Bardolf, 4th Baron 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 ...

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References

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, Md., 2002, p. 49. * Richardson, Douglas, ''Plantagenet Ancestry'', Baltimore, Md., 2004, pps:56 & 167. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bardolf, John, 3rd Lord 1314 births 1363 deaths 3 Knights banneret of England