Lady Rohesia Bardolf

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At some time before 1201 he [Sir John Russell (died c. 1224) of Kingston Russell] married Rohesia (or Rose) Bardolf, widow of Henry II de la Pomeroy, feudal baron of Berry Pomeroy in Devon [3] and sister of Doun Bardolf (1177–1205), lord of a moiety of the feudal barony of Shelford, Nottinghamshire, inherited from his mother Rose de Hanselin, who had married Thomas Bardolf (died between 1188).

After Russell's death in 1224 his widow Rohesia obtained royal licence of the king, at the suit of Ralph de Blundeville, Earl of Chester and Lincoln (1172–1232), to marry whomsoever she pleased, so long as he should be a faithful subject of the crown. This was perhaps merely a formality to give her freedom from "troublesome solicitations of the king's courtiers" and no records survive of any subsequent marriage having occurred.[13]

From https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm

1. THOMAS [II] Bardolf (-[1190/97]). It is possible that Thomas [II] Bardolf was the same person as Thomas [I] Bardolf. .... m ROHESE, daughter of RALPH Hanselyn & his wife -. Thomas & his wife had eight children:

g) ROHESE Bardolf (-after 1224). Thomas Stapleton, in his "Observations on the Great Rolls of the Exchequer of Normandy", states that "a fourth sister Rohese" [referring to the three daughters of Thomas Bardolf shown above] was "first the wife of Henry de la Pommeraie and secondly of John Russell" (no source cited)[148]. Hutchins’s History of the County of Dorset records that, in the third year of King John, “John Russel” paid 50 marks to the king for marrying “the sister of Doun Bardulf”[149]. Wiffen records an abstract of a suit, in the Plea Rolls for the second year of King John, between “John Russell and Rohesia his wife” and “Henry de Pomeroy” [presumably Henry [III] de Pomerai] relating to land in Devon and Cornwall[150]. m firstly as his second wife, HENRY [II] de la Pomerai, son of HENRY [I] de la Pomerai & his wife Rohese - (-[1199/early 1201?]). m secondly ([1201]) JOHN Russell, son of - (-1224).

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References

1. Bardolf Family Research < PDF >
2. WikiTree contributors, "John Russell (abt.1174-1224)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Russell-7882 : accessed 27 October 2024). cites
   1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell_%28knight%29#Marriage
   2. Gorges, Raymond. The Story of a Family Through Eleven Centuries (Boston, 1944) Page 25 < Hathitrust >
   3. Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Families of the Pacific Northwest, by Jim Weber, on Rootsweb.com