Hugh Bardolf

Family: England · Role: lord · First appears: King John 2

King John 2

• with Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury (Hugh Bardolf rebuked Hubert for accepting the chancellorship.) “the lord Hugh Bardolfe said vnto him, yet not so softlie in his eare, but that some ouerheard it; ‘My lord, to speake and not offend you, suerlie if you would well consider the dignitie and honor of your calling, you would not willinglie yéeld to suffer this yoke of bondage to be laid vpon your shoulders, for we haue oftentimes heard of a chancellour made an archbishop, but neuer an archbishop made a chancellour till now.’”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.