BARDOLF

This occurrence of the name is the only indication we have of the Norman founder of the Bardolfs, the first of whom on record is William Bardulf, who served as sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, temp. Henry II. In the succeeding reign, Doun Bardolf, the grandson of the sheriff, acquired in marriage with Beatrix, daughter and heiress of William de Warren, the Barony of Wirmegay in Norfolk, and thenceforth Wirmegay became the designation of the family. Another fortunate alliance, that of John, third Lord Bardolf, a banneret of the martial time of Edward III., with the daughter and coheiress of Sir Roger D'Amorie, still further augmented the possessions of the house, but all were lost at the death and attainder of the fifth and ill-fated lord, who, joining the Earl of Northumberland's insurrection, was mortally wounded at Bramham Moor. His daughters and coheirs were Anne, married first to Sir William Clifford, Knt., and secondly to Reginald, Lord Cobham; and Joane, married to Sir William Phelip, K.G.

--(This name appears on the Battle Abbey roll)