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Elizabeth Damory was the daughter of Sir Roger Damory and Elizabeth de Clare.[1][2][3] She was probably born in about 1320: see Research Notes below.
Elizabeth brought her husband extensive inherited lands in Dorset.[4]
On 30 May 1337, Kind Edward III granted to Elizabeth's mother, then de Burgh, after the death of Sir Roger "two parts of the manor of Ilketleshale and 20l. of rent which John de Sekford renders yearly, for life" and Clopton Manor in Suffolk, which was once owned by the King's brother, John, Earl of Cornwall who died without an heir, and in addition "the reversion of a third part of the manor of Ilketleshale which Eleanor, late the wife of Guy Ferre, holds in dower, with remainder to John Bardolf and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Roger and Elizabeth de Burgo and her heirs, in exchange for the manors of Kenyngton and Faukeshalle, with that meadow in Lamheth and Neuton which Roger lately acquired of John de Merkyngfeld and other appurtenances in co. Surrey, which Elizabeth de Burgo holds for life".[5]
On 10 June 1337, her mother Elizabeth de Burgh, "granted the said manors and meadow to the king in exchange, John Bardolf and Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of Roger Dammory, have released to the king all their right and claim therein", completing their property relinquishment portion of the terms of the previous deed.[5]
In 1340, Elizabeth and John granted property in Kirkby Knowle, Yorkshire to Avice the widow of Robert le Constable, Knt. and Elizabeth also granted Holton Manor in Oxfordshire to Richard Damory, Knt., her first cousin.[1][2]
On 5 February 1361, all of the lands from the deed above entitled to Elizabeth were given to her and her husband John after the death of her mother Elizabeth de Burgh.[6]
She married Sir John Bardolf, 3rd Lord Bardolf, son of Sir Thomas Bardolf, 2nd Lord Bardolf and Agnes de Grandison, before 25 December 1327.[1][2][4] They had children:
Elizabeth Damory died after 5 February 1361 when she and her husband came into possession of lands that had been held by her mother.[6] She predeceased her husband, who died on 29 July 1363.[1][2] [6] In the parish church at Kirkby Knowle, Yorkshire, both Elizabeth and her husband John are represented by two seals. Nichols in The Topographer and Genealogist described John's as being marked "S. Johannis Bardolf D'ni Wybme-GEYE," and bears the arras of Bardolf, Azure, three cinquefoils or, on a highly decorated ground of gothic tracery" and Elizabeth's seal as "similar in character and style to that of her mother, the lady Elizabeth de Clare, but of more beautiful design and execution. The ground is of elaborate gothic tracery work: a heater-shaped shield of the arms of Bardolf occupies the centre, and is surrounded by eight circular tablets. Those in chief and base bear the arms of De Burgo. On the dexter side are the well known chevronels of the house of Clare, and opposite, the lady's paternal coat of D'Amory, Barry nebuly of six arg. and gules, a bend azure. The other four tablets display alternately the castle triple-towered, and the lion rampant, denoting her descent from the royal line of Castile and Leon.[7]
Elizabeth's parents married shorty before 3 May 1317[8][9] so she will not have been born before 1318.
The revised edition of Cokayne's Complete Peerage says she was born shortly before 23 May 1318, but gives no sourcing.[4] and Douglas Richardson says the same in both Magna Carta Ancestry[1] and Royal Ancestry.[2] This is based on a record of 23 May 1316 referring to to her mother being delivered of a child.[10]
Douglas Richardson has since changed his view, and now believes Elizabeth was born by 1320 but that it was her sister Margaret who was born by 23 May 1318. His arguments are set out in a 2018 post in soc.genealogy. medieval. Briefly:[11]
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The answer of course is money and politics. Elizabeth would have been the sole heir of her father's Amory lands. Elizabeth's mother was a niece of King Edward II who had come into the vast Clare and Gilbert inheritance on the death of her brother Gilbert de Clare, 9th Earl of Gloucester, 7th Earl of Hertford. On the death of her 3rd husband Roger D'amory, King Edward III promptly seized all of her lands as well as the right to control the marriage of Elizabeth D'amory (the mother). Elizabeth's own mother certainly had no control over her own daughter's marriage since she couldn't even control who she herself married. The marriage belonged to King Edward II or who ever he sold it to. Undoubtedly, Thomas Bardolf purchased the marriage of Elizabeth D'amory (the child) and promptly married her to his own child son, in order to secure control of the Damory inheritance as well as some interest in the Clare and Gilbert inheritance. Marrying his son to someone closely related to King Edward II may have also helped with any political ambitions he might have. (Just speculating of course).
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