William de Badlesmere

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• Background Information.
William de Badlesmere sided with the barons against King John, and was taken prisioner, in the castle of Rochester, along with serverl others. This took place towards the end of King John's reign in 1215. William gained his freedom in 1221 or 1222 (6 Henry III).

~Fenwick Allied Ancestry, p. 152 ⁷²⁶

~ A History of the Weald of Kent, Vol. II, Part I, p. 273 ¹⁰⁸⁴

~ Bank's The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England, Vol. II, p.23 ¹⁰⁸⁵

• Background Information. ⁹⁰⁰
Bartholomew de Baldesmere, living 16 Henry II, was father of William de Badlesmere, who adhered to the Barons during the reign of King John. After him was Giles de Badlesmere, 1248; and Guncelin de Badlesmere, chief justice of Chester until 9 Edward I. He died 29 Edward I siezed of the lordship of Badlesmere in Kent. His son and heir, Bartholomew Lord Badlesmere, was summoned to parliament among the Barons from the 3^rd to the 14^th of Edward II.

~ Collins's Peerage of England, Vol. VI, p. 489