William (Hardell) de Hardell
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William (Hardell) de Hardell (abt. 1175 - aft. 1226)

William de Hardell formerly Hardell aka de Hardel, Hardel
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Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
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[spouse(s) unknown]
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Died after after about age 51 in London, Englandmap
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Magna Carta Surety Baron
William de Hardell was one of the twenty-five medieval barons who were surety for Magna Carta in 1215.
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Note: William Hardell was featured in the May 2020 Magna Carta Project Newsletter.

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Biography

Very few records of William Hardell, one of the Magna Carta sureties, have been discovered.

He was sheriff of London in 1207.[1][2]

He was elected Mayor of London in 1215[3][4] and was one of the Sureties for the Magna Carta.[5] He was the only Surety not to be a baron, acting in an official capacity as London mayor.

He was engaged in the wine trade: in the reign of Henry III he was initially fined £20 for wine but, after he made representations that he did not owe this sum, it was discharged by the Court of the Exchequer.[6]

There are two entries for William in the Pipe Rolls for Michaelmas 1226, in one of which he was rendering account for wine from Anjou.[7] So he died after that.

Research Notes

Possible Relatives

William may have been related to Ralph Hardell who was Sheriff of London in 1249[1] and Mayor of London from 1254 to 1257.[4] Another possible relative is William Hardel who helped supervise royal mints in the first half of the 13th century.[8] Another William Hardell was a clerk of the Wardrobe in 29 Henry III (1244/5).[9]

Arms

Richard Thomson's 1829 An historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John says:[10]

"The Armorial Ensigns, which are commonly assigned to William de Hardell, are Vert, a fesse flory and counterflory, Or; but Richard, or Ralph Hardell, a Draper, who was Mayor for several successive years in the time of Henry III., is stated to have borne Or, a Bend between two Cottises, Sable. Armorial bearings for a Civil Officer of so early a period should be received with considerable caution."

Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Biography

For the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta in 2015, Professor Nigel Saul wrote a set of biographies of the Surety Barons. He and the Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Committee generously gave permission for them to be reproduced on WikiTree. They can be viewed here.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wikipedia: List of Sheriffs of London, 13th century
  2. ↑ Henry Thomas Riley (translator and editor). Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London A.D. 1188 to A.D. 1274, Trübner and Co, London, 1863, p. 3, Archive
  3. ↑ Henry Thomas Riley, Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London A.D. 1188 to A.D. 1274, pp. 4 and 193, Internet Archive p. 4 and Internet Archive p. 193
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wikipedia: List of Lord Mayors of London, before 1300
  5. ↑ 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. I, p. ix, Google Books
  6. ↑ Thomas Madox. The History and Antiquities of the of the Exchequer of the Kings of England, William Owen, London, 1769, Vol. II, p. 227, Internet Archive
  7. ↑ Eric Gallagher and Lesley Boatwright (eds.). The Great Roll of the Pipe for the Tenth Year of the Reign of King Henry III, Michaelmas 1226, the Boydell Press for the Pipe Roll Society, 2022, pp. 235 and 236
  8. ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry for 'Moneyers (act. c. 1180–c. 1500)', print and online 2004, revised online 2008, available online via some libraries
  9. ↑ Thomas Madox. The History and Antiquities of the of the Exchequer, p. 117, Internet Archive
  10. ↑ Richard Thomson. An historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John, London, 1829, p. 293, Internet Archive
  • Wikipedia: William Hardell
  • Riley, Henry Thomas (translator and editor). Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London A.D. 1188 to A.D. 1274, Trübner and Co, London, 1863
  • Thomson, Richard. An historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John, London, 1829, p. 293, Internet Archive

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

As a surety baron, William de Hardell is managed by the Magna Carta Project, even though he is one of the eight barons with no traced ongoing line of descendants. ~ Noland-165 00:43, 27 January 2018 (EST)
This profile was revised for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley in March 2020.




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Kathleen (Kingsley) Mclaren
I notice that the name on this profile is Hardell and the bio here from the 800th anniversary committee refers to him as Hardel (single L). I would presume this committee would know the correct spelling. Is Wikitree's listing incorrect?I

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posted by Kathleen (Kingsley) Mclaren
Cayley-55 Michael Cayley
There is no single correct spelling for this period. Both spellings are found in contemporary records. This is why this profile give both spellings in the name fields. It is common for people who lived before 1700 not to have a single standard spelling for their last name, and, for some families including my own paternal line, it was only during the 18th century that the spelling of the last name became standardised. (With another family line of mine, it took them until the 20th century to settle on a single spelling, with some individuals varying how they spelt their last name until then.)
posted by Michael Cayley
edited by Michael Cayley
Kathleen (Kingsley) Mclaren
Thanks. For both the answer and the quick reply. I have similar issues with several of the names on my mother's side of the family though most on my dad's side don't seem to suffer from that problem. Since William is a direct ancestor I wanted to be sure it was spelled right. Thanks again.
posted by Kathleen (Kingsley) Mclaren
Athey-67 Darlene (Athey) Athey-Hill
According to his bio, he is one of the eight barons with no traced ongoing line of descendants. So if you're showing a descent, I'd recommend double-checking it and then sharing your information.
posted by Darlene (Athey) Athey-Hill
Kathleen (Kingsley) Mclaren
Duh, you're right. I was checking my connection to the sureties that weren't listed on the quick search since I didn't know why they weren't listed and he was one of those 8. When I wrote the answer I must have been half asleep and forgot that. My bad. It's the 17 who are listed that are direct ancestors.
posted by Kathleen (Kingsley) Mclaren

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