Akarius Fitz Bardolph
Akarius Fitz Bardolph, Lord of Ravensworth, was the son of Bardolph, Lord of Ravensworth, an 11th-century nobleman living in Richmondshire, the area encompassing the Ure, Tees and Swale valleys in northern England. He was a sub-feudatory of Alan, Earl of Richmond.[1] Akarius gave land at Fors in Wharfedale for the founding of a monastery in 1145. He died in 1161 and in 1165 his son, Harveus fitz Akarius, consented to the abbey being relocated to its permanent site.[2] The abbey was relocated to the valley of the River Ure (alternatively Jore, Yore) and was renamed the Abbey of Yore vale, which became Jervaulx Abbey. Akarius had a second son named William Bardolf.
The family of FitzHugh, Lords of Ravensworth, is descended from Akarius Fitz Bardolph.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Full text of "The Cistercians in Yorkshire"". archive.org. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
- ^ "GENUKI: Jervaulx Abbey History". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
- ^ A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. H. Colburn & R. Bentley. 1831. p. 202.