William of Bardfield, William de Berdefeld or William de Bardesfeld (1258 – before 1334) was an English-born lawyer of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth...

Great Bardfield is a large village in the Braintree district of Essex, England. It is approximately 9 mi (14 km) northwest of the town of Braintree, and...

precedence: a retainer agreement made between William of Bardfield, King's Serjeant, and his client Nicholas, son of John of Interberge, in the early 1300s spells...

November 1554. He was the son of Christopher Bendlowes of Great Bardfield, in Essex, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Ufford. He was educated for...

and his cats, moved to Great Bardfield in the Essex countryside and acquired 'Place House'. He quickly became a friend of his neighbour, Edward Bawden...

appointed King's Serjeant, as the office of Serjeant-at-law was then known, in 1297, jointly with William of Bardfield. There is a reference to him as the...

was removed, from the Court of Common Pleas in 1315, and was replaced by William of Bardfield. He was appointed a justice of the Justiciar's Court in the...

whereas most Serjeants, like his contemporary William of Bardfield, also took private clients. His lack of a private income probably explains why his salary...

and settled in the Essex village of Great Bardfield. At Bardfield he became friendly with several of the Great Bardfield Artists. He spent his final years...

Together they were principal members of the Great Bardfield Artists, a community of artists influential in the art scene of England during the mid-20th century...