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Cecily (Bardolf) Stapleton (abt. 1380 - 1432)

Cecily "Cecilia" Stapleton formerly Bardolf
Born about in Englandmap
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Wife of — married about 1406 in Englandmap
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Died at about age 52 in Englandmap
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Biography

Origins

Cecily (Cecilia) Bardolf was born in England,the daughter of Sir William Bardolf, 4th Lord Bardolph of Wormgay and Agnes Poynings.[1]

Life

Cecilia's father, Sir William Bardolf, died in 1386 when she was a child, and her mother, Agnes Poynings, was already an heiress when she married Sir Thomas Mortimer after Sir William's death. Sir Thomas was eventually forced to abandon Agnes to avoid high treason charges and died in Ireland. The only male heir, her brother Lord Thomas Bardolf, had married into the Cromwell family who actively participated in rebellion beginning in 1405. He was slain in 1408 at Brabham Moor and gruesomely displayed at gates throughout many cities. This left Cecilia with nothing from her family after King Henry IV gave the estate at Wormegay to his brother-in-law John Holland, Duke of Exeter.[2]

In 1412, Cecilia and Sir Brian obtained a license so that they could choose their own confessors.[1]

In 1414, Cecilia and Sir Brian were legatees for the will of his father, Sir Miles Stapleton.[1]

Marriage and Family

She married about 1406 Sir Brian Stapleton, son of Sir Miles Stapleton and Ela Ufford.[1] They had children:

Death and Burial

She died on 29 September 1432 at Ingham, Norfolk, predeceasing her husband, and was interred in the chancel at Ingham Priory.[1] The memorial to Lady Cecilia and Sir Brian was on the north side of the church of Ingham, with effigies of both present as he depicted as a knight with cuirass and she depicted in mitre head-dress. The name of their dog, Jakke, accompanied their effigies on the memorial. Over the canopy one could view the arms of "Stapleton impaling Ufford; Lord Bardolf, Azure, three cinquefoils pierced or, impaling Barry of six, a bend over all, Lord Ponyngs, perhaps; and Stapleton impaling Bardolf."[3] Also according to Cotman, the memorials to Lady Cecilia and Sir Brian were removed from the Ingham Church in 1800 without care by the minister and churchwarden and sold for the value of the metal.[4]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. II, p. 109.
  2. Henry Edward Chetwynd-Stapylton. Chronicles of the Yorkshire family of Stapelton, (London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 1884), p. 68.
  3. John Sell Cotman. Engravings of sepulchral brasses in Norfolk and Suffolk (London: H. G. Bohn, 1839), p. 19.
  4. John Sell Cotman, Engravings of sepulchral brasses in Norfolk and Suffolk, p. x.

See also:

  • Memoirs of Chesters of Chicheley RJCW Ref 175a

Acknowledgements

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Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project by Darrell Larocque in December 2021 and reviewed for the Project by Michael Cayley on 29 December 2021.
Cecily (Bardolf) Stapleton appears in badged trails from the following Gateway Ancestors:
Cecilia also appears in unbadged trails from the Kempe Gateway Ancestors (Richard Kempe, Edward Kemp, Edmund Kempe and Matthew Kempe) to one or more Magna Carta Surety Barons. The trail(s) have not yet been developed on WikiTree and can be viewed HERE.
See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".




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My improvement for this profile is finished and I am requesting a review from the Magna Carta Project.
posted by Darrell Larocque
Thank you, Darrell. I have now done the review.
posted by Michael Cayley
I plan on developing this profile for the Magna Carta Project.
posted by Darrell Larocque
This profile is on a Magna Carta Trail from Gateway Elizabeth Haynes to John de Lacy, Gilbert de Clare and Richard de Clare. The Magna Carta Project will be added as a co-manager of this profile to monitor this trail. Thanks!
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