Bardolph
Bardolph or Bardolf is a surname and, in Middle English, a personal name. It originates from the Continental Germanic Bartholf or Bardwulf, from bard meaning "axe" and wulf meaning wolf, via the Old French Bardol(f).[1][2] It may refer to:
People
[edit]- Hugh Bardulf or Bardolf (died c. 1203), English administrator and royal justice
- William Bardolf (leader) (died 1275 or 1276), English baronial leader
- John Bardolf, 3rd Baron Bardolf (1314–1363), son of Sir Thomas Bardolf, 2nd Baron Bardolf
- William Bardolf, 4th Baron Bardolf (1349–1386), son of the 3rd baron
- Thomas Bardolf, 5th Baron Bardolf (died 1408), rebel against King Henry IV
- William Phelip, 6th Baron Bardolf (1383–1441), Baron Bardolf in right of his wife Joan, daughter of the 5th baron
- Doug Bardolph (1893–1951), Australian journalist, trade unionist and politician, brother of Ken
- Ken Bardolph (1895–1964), Australian politician, brother of Douglas
Fictional characters
[edit]- Bardolph (Shakespeare character), an alcoholic thief in four of Shakespeare's plays
References
[edit]- ^ Patrick Hanks; Richard Coates; Peter McClure, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 142. ISBN 9780192527479. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ Library, British (2007). The Durham Liber Vitae: Linguistic commentary. p. 265. ISBN 9780712349963. Retrieved 8 January 2016.|
This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.