William Phelip, 6th Baron Bardolf
William Phelip, 6th Baron Bardolf, was an English landowner, soldier, politician, and administrator from Dennington in Suffolk.
Origins
He was the elder son of John Phelip, a landowner at Dennington in Suffolk, and his second wife Juliana Erpingham, daughter of Sir John Erpingham and sister of the soldier and administrator Sir Thomas Erpingham. He had a younger brother Sir John Phelip and two sisters: Rose, who married John Glemham, and Catherine who married Sir Andrew Butler, of Waldingfield.Career
He is described as being a valiant soldier in the wars in France during the reign of King Henry V. He became Treasurer of the King's Household, and on the king's decease had the chief conduct of his funeral. He is said to have been created Lord Bardolf by letters patent of King Henry VI, but it does not appear that he ever had a summons to Parliament, although he bore that title. He was later appointed a Knight of the Garter and served as Chamberlain to King Henry VI. By letters patent dated 23 October 1440 Sir William Phelip held the lordship of Horstead Manor.Marriage and children
He married Joan Bardolf, a daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Bardolf, 5th Lord Bardolf. She died before 1447, as in that year the executors of Joan, Lady Bardolf, sold her property of Erpingham manor, in St. Martin's at the Palace, at Norwich, to William Calthorpe. By Joan he left one daughter and sole heiress:- Elizabeth Phelip, who married John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont, the first Viscount to be created in England, who died at the Battle of Northampton.