950558.
Sir John Hody & 950559. Elizabeth Jewe
~1395, John born in Dorset, England, s/o 1901116. Thomas Hody & 1901117.
Margaret Cole.
By 1398, Elizabeth born in Somerset, England, d/o 1901118. John Jewe & 1901119. Isabella
Mallet.
1415-16, Elizabeth’s father died.
By 10/18/1416, Elizabeth an orphan with her sister Joan and
3 brothers, John, William and Thomas. [Elizabeth became sole heir.]
1421-23, John a MP for Shaftesbury.
8/31/1422, Henry VI (an infant) succeeded Henry V as King of
England.
4/1425, John Hody an arbitrator in the Court of Common Pleas.
(S) CP40/657, rot. 407.
1427, … Thomas Carrewe, chivaler, … John Hody, cleric, …
Thomas Hody, … and John Hody querents; and Reginald Molyns esquire and Alice
his wife deforciants … manor of Stawell [Stowell] and the advowson … (S) Feet
of Fines, County of Somerset. [‘John Hody, cleric’: 1422 a guardian of the temporalities
of the bishopric of Chichester; 1435 the Chancellor of Wells.]
5/14/1427, Commitment to Thomas Broke,'chivaler,' by
mainprise of John Hody of the county of Somerset, 'gentilman,' … (S) CFRs.
7/28/1428, Indenture of defeasance of a recognisance for 200
marks made by Robert lord of Ponynges … his feoffees shall abide and perform
the award of John Hody and Thomas Cokayn chosen … arbitrators … (S) CCRs.
4/1429, ..., William Carent, John Hody, ..., John Twyneho ...,
querents; and Nicholas Edmond and Margaret his wife deforciants; for 11
messuages, a mill, ... in Feltham and Frome in Selwood ... 300 marcs of silver.
~1430, John married Elizabeth.
10/6/1430, William Carent, esquire, John Fauntleroy and
Thomas Hody, querents, and John Hody and Elizabeth, his wife, deforciants. A
moiety of the manor of Berhall' in the county of Devon, and a moiety of the
manors of Estwhitfeld' and Westwhitfeld' … in the county of Somerset, and a
moiety of the manors of Pillesdon', Westchikerell' and Putton' … in the county
of Dorset. … In default of heirs, remainder to the right heirs of Elizabeth.
(S) Feet of Fines.
5/1/1431, Commitment to John Assh and John Hody … county of
Devon … of the keeping of the manor of Whitewell, … (S) CFRs.
10/26/1431, Pardon for £20 … to William Carent
esquire, Thomas Hody, John Hody, Thomas Husee, John Tyrell, … for acquiring …
from John Stourton, knight, … the manor of Eyston atte Mounte, Essex. (S) CPRs.
11/26/1431, Commitment of the office of the escheatry in the
counties of Somerset and Dorset to John Hody during pleasure, so that he answer
at the Exchequer for the issues thereof. (S) CFRs.
1433, John a knight of the shire for Somerset. (S) CFRs, 12/27/1433.
12/27/1433, William Botreaux, ' chivaler', John Paulet,
esquire, John Hody, esquire, to distribute £142 7s in the county of
Somerset. (S) CFRs.
1434, John a member of multiple inquisitions: Hampshire,
Dorset, Suffolk. (S) Cal. of IsPM.
1434-5, … William Carent and Thomas Hody, Alexander Hody, …
querents ; and John Hody and Elizabeth his wife deforciants ; for a moiety of
the manors of Estwhitfeld and Westwhitfeld [Wootton Glanville] … (S) Feet of
Fines, County of Somerset.
11/8/1434, Commitment to John Stourton and John Hody, …
county of Somerset … of the marriage of John the son and heir of John Hill, … a
minor in the king's ward, … (S) CFRs.
7/12/1435, Writ to John Hody, to hold an inquisition
concerning the lands in Devon and Cornwall of John Arundell, knight. … (S) CFRs.
10/18/1435, “John Hody and Richard Waleys, receiver-general
of Katherine duchess of Norfolk. … John has received from Richard 20s. for the
Michaelmas term of his fee.” (S) UKNA.
1436, John called upon to contribute towards the equipment
of the army against France.
5/20/1437, The abbot of Glastonbury, John Hody, Alexander
Hody, to distribute £142 7s in the county of Somerset. (S) CFRs.
5/27/1437, John Hody and Alexander Hody, knights coming to
Parliament for Somerset. (S) CFRs. [At parliament, John selected to notify the
House of Lords of the election of a new Speaker.]
1438, John presented to the rectory at Pillesdon, Somerset,
in right of Elizabeth, his wife, ‘dau. and h. of John Jewe deceased’.
7/1/1439, “… John Hody, serjeant at law, …” (S) UKNA.
1439, John purchased the manor of Long Critchell in Dorset.
[Multiple records in Patent Rolls.]
1440, John, Knight of the Shire for Somerset.
4/13/1440, John named Chief justice of the King’s bench, and
given 40 marks a year for life. [Served 2 years until his death.] (S) CCRs.
2/18/1441, Edmund earl of Dorset, Eleanor his wife, John
Talbot knight lord Talbot, Margaret his wife, George Neville lord Latymer and
Elizabeth his wife shall abide and perform the award of John Hody knight chief
justice appointed to hold pleas before the king. (S) CCRs.
6/29/1441, Award of John Hody, knight, chief justice of the
Kings Bench as umpire … (S) CCRs.
12/17/1441, Sir John Hody wrote his will: directs that his
body be buried in the church of Woolavington in Somerset near the body of
Magister Johannes Hody, his uncle. … bequests to the Chantry Priests of
Woolavington “for the love that he hadde to hyt, for ther he begane hys fyrst
lernyng” … lands so excepted as aforesaid were to be settled on Elizabeth his
wife for her life, with remainder to his son John in fee. He directs that the
agreements made on the marriage of Johanna his daughter with Nicholas, son of
John Latimer, esq., should be fulfilled. To his wife Elizabeth he gave £200
in gold, and 12 silver vessels called ‘a dozein garnisshed’, 6 of which he had
lately bought in London, and the other 6 was a legacy from his said uncle; also
12 other silver dishes, together with one charger, …, and 2 basons of silver
with lavers, in the centre of one of which was a rose, and of the other a
shield of his arms. To Thomas Hody his father a silver-gilt cup, … To
Alexander, the testator's brother, a silver-gilt covered cup ‘called a
goblett’, and to Margaret, wife of the said Alexander, a silver-gilt covered
cup, … To William Carent a silver cup parcel gilt. To Nicholas Latimer and to
Johanna his wife, a piece of silver with a cover. To Richard Hygon and
Elizabeth his wife a covered piece of silver. To John his son that half dozen
of silver vessels which he had as a legacy from his uncle aforesaid, and 1
silver bason with laver, engraved in the middle with his arms, and he directs
that the said John should be under the guardianship of his executors. To his
cousins Richard Skey, and Alice sister of the said Richard, 25 marks each ... executors
the said Elisabeth, William
Carent, Thomas Hody and Alexander Hody. (S) Collectanea Topographica et
Genealogica, V7, 1841, P23-26. (S) Jewe Family of Dorset. [The manor of Stowell
was held by Executor William Carent, reconveyed to Elizabeth for her life,
remainder to her son John Hody.]
12/1441, John died at Stowell manor.
1/1/1442, Grant to Edmund Hungerford, knight … John Hody
(who is now deceased) … (S) CFRs.
[––Elizabeth &
Robert Cappes––]
1447-48, Wlater Moreton ... querents; and Robert Cappes
esquire and Elizabeth his wife deforciants, for the manors of Estwhitefeld and
Westwhitefeld ... (S) Feet of Fines, V22, 1906, P200.
By 1448, Elizabeth married 2nd Robert Cappes, Esq.
[1 son, James Cappys.]
1454, Robert Cappes, esq. presented at Pillesdon, Somerset, in
right of his wife, dau. and heir of John Jewe.
5/1/1455, John Hody, Elizabeth’s son and heir, released the
manor of Stowell, Somerset, to Robert Cappes and Elizabeth for their lives.
6/28/1461, Edward IV, age 19, replaced Henry VI as King of
England in London.
4/22/1469, John Hody, her eldest son, released of all his
right and interest in diverse manors in Somerset to Elizabeth. Elizabeth then settled
the manor of Pillesdon on herself and Robert for life, with remainder to her
son William Hody in tail. (S) Coll. Topo. et Gen., 1834, P27.
1473, Robert Cappes and Elizabeth his wife presented at
Pillesdon, Somerset.
8/3/1473, Elizabeth died in Wiveliscombe, Somerset.
11/30/ 1473, IPM at Bridport, Dorset, of Elizabeth. (S)
Coll. Topo. et Gen., 1834, P27.
(S) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, Rutter, 1823,
P118. (S) Proceedings, Somerset Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc., 1898, P8. (S) The
Lives of the Chief Justices of England, V1, Campbell, 2008, P144. (S) DNB,
1908, P972. (S) Collectanea Topo., V7, 1841, P23.
Children of John
and Elizabeth:
i. Joan Hody (475279), born ~1430 in England.
Heraldic shield representing this marriage survives in
Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, showing the arms of Latimer impaling Hody: ‘Argent,
a fess per fess indented or and sable between two double cotices of the last.’
ii. Margaret Hody, born ? in England.
11/17/1441, Margaret married Thomas Bainham of Deans,
Gloucestershire.
iii. Mary Hody, born ? in England.
1453, Mary married Robert Bond.
iv. John Hody, born ~1435 in England.
John, of Stowell and Netheway,married Elizabeth, d/o John
Thornbury.
5/16/1461, John the heir of his uncle Sir Alexander Hody,
who had been attained.
1498, John died, his son Andrew, aged 28 and more, his heir.
(S) IsPM.
v. William Hody, born 1437 in England.
1475, William left a silver cup and other articles in the
will of his stepfather.
William married Eleanor Malet of Curry Pool, Somerset.
William the Attorney General of England & Chief Baron of
the Exchequer.
1489, 1508, 1516, William Hody, knight, presented at
Pillesdon, Somerset.
1498, William named in the IsPM of his brother John.
6/18/1524, William died.
