Baldwin Bold (1364 - 1434)

Born 1364 in Upton, Cheshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Warwick) Bold — married 1394 in Upton, Cheshire, , England

Descendants

Died 1434 at about age 70 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England

Biography

Baldwin Bold was the second son of Sir Richard Bould of Bould, Lancashire, and his wife.^[1] His father was living in 13 Richard II,^[1] which was from 22 June, 1389, to 21 June, 1390.

He was the brother of:

1. Richard Bould of Bould, elder brother, living in 8 Henry V [21 March 1420-20 March 1421];^[1] and
2. John Bould, younger brother.^[1]

Baldwin married Margret Warwicke.^[1] She was the daughter and heir of John Warwicke, of Chester and Upton, and his wife, Maud, daughter and coheir of Sir John Arderne.^[1]

Baldwin and Margaret had children:

1. George Bold of Upton, who married Elizabeth Brych of Lancashire.^[1]

When Baldwin's descendent, Peter Bold of Upton, Cheshire, had his right to a coat of arms authenticated and his pedigree recorded during the 1580 heraldic visitation of Cheshire by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, his evidence included:

• a charter of John Warwik, citizen of Chester, dated at Chester on Monday next before the feast of the birthday of our Lord, 13 Henry IV,^[1] which was 14 December, 1411; and
• a charter of John de Arderne, knight, dated at Alford on Tuesday before the feast of Apostles Simon and Jude in 28 Edward I,^[1] which was 25 October, 1300.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} John Paul Rylands, ed., The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 Made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, for William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, with Numerous Additions and Continuations, Including Those from the Visitation of Cheshire Made in the Year 1566, by the Same Herald. With an Appendix, Containing the Visitation of a Part of Cheshire in the Year 1533, made by William Fellows, Lancaster Herald, for Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux King of Arms. And a Fragment of the Visitation of the City of Chester in the Year 1591, Made by Thomas Chaloner, Deputy to the Office of Arms, (London: Harleian Society, XVIII, 1882), 34, e-book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/visitationofches00glov/page/34/mode/1up : accessed 8 December, 2022). Pedigree: Bold of Upton.