A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Dervorgille, Lady

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DERVORGILLE, LADY,

Was the widow of John de Baliol, of Barnard Castle, in the county of Durham, a man of opulence and power in the thirteenth century, on whom devolved the duty of carrying on her husband's design of founding the college called Baliol College, in Oxford, Her husband left no written deed for the purpose; but his widow, in the most honourable and liberal manner, fulfilled his desire.