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| This family is said to have come into England with the Conqueror. | |||||||||||||||
| Sir John de Woodforde, 1st of Brentingby, Leicesteshire b 1226, d 1333!called William by Visitation | |||||||||||||||
| m Alice dau/heir of Sir Walter Preste or Preston of Melton Mowbray & Burton Lazars | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Walter de Woodforde dsp | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Sir William de Woodforde serjeant-at-law | ||||||||||||||
| m Janetta or Joan Brabazon dau/heir of Sir John Brabazon of Eastwell & Sproxton | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir John de Woodford of Brentingby & Sproxton | ||||||||||||||
| m Maud or Mabella de Folvile dau/heir of Geoffrey de Folvile or Folville of Ashby Folvile & Newbolt Folvile | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Robert Woodforde of Ashby Folvile & Sproxton d 1457-8 | ||||||||||||||
| Sir Robert, "one of the warriors of Agincourt", was knighted by King Henry V "on the friday, in the fest of Saint Cryspyn, and Crispynyam, erly in the mornyng". Both Commoners Woodford & Visitation identify Sir Robert's wife Isabel as dau of Sir John Nevill of Rolleston Commoners also mentioning that she was his heiress whilst Commoners vol IV, Whatton gives her father's name as Sir William. As the Nevill records do not mention a John of Rolleston at this time, we provisionally follow the latter | |||||||||||||||
| m Isabel Nevill dau of Sir William ? Nevill of Rolleston | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Woodford of Sproxton dvp | ||||||||||||||
| m Alice Berkeley dau of Sir Laurence Berkeley of Wymondham | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | John Woodford of Sproxton | ||||||||||||||
| m _ Sherrard | |||||||||||||||
| John is shown as dsp but it seems likely that this was the John grandson of Sir Robert who was father of ... | |||||||||||||||
| A | Agnes Woodford | ||||||||||||||
| m Lawrence Sherard of Stapleford a 1440 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Walter Woodford of Newbolt Folvile dsp | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Humphrey Woodford of Brentingby ds | ||||||||||||||
| Wo17=19 | Sir Ralph Robert? Woodford of Ashby Folvile, Sheriff of Leicester | ||||||||||||||
| m Elizabeth Villiers dau of Sir William Villiers of Brokesbie, grand-aunt of George, Duke of Buckingham | |||||||||||||||
| A | William Woodford of Wyford & Brantingly dvp | ||||||||||||||
| m Ann Norwich dau of Simon Norwich of Brampton | |||||||||||||||
| i | Margaret Woodford d 1507 | ||||||||||||||
| m1 sp? John Turvill son/heir of John of Newhall | |||||||||||||||
| m2 Thomas Morton d 1513-4, nephew of John, Archbishop of Canterbury | |||||||||||||||
| Ashby passed through their daughter into the Smith family. | |||||||||||||||
| B | Matthew Woodford dsp 1529-30 | ||||||||||||||
| m Lucy Brokesby dau of William Brokesby of Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||
| C | John Woodford b about 1470 | ||||||||||||||
| m1/2. Mary Jerningham dau of John Jerningham of Suffolk | |||||||||||||||
| i | John Woodford b about 1495 | ||||||||||||||
| m Mary Bossome | |||||||||||||||
| a | Edward Woodford dsp | ||||||||||||||
| b | Robert Woodford | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | William Woodford a 1604 | ||||||||||||||
| c | Thomas Woodford of Muston, Leicestershire b c1524, a 1604 | ||||||||||||||
| m Ann Lauson | |||||||||||||||
| d | Elizabeth Woodford b c1514, a 1604 | ||||||||||||||
| m _ Fox of Assorby | |||||||||||||||
| ii+ | other issue - Stephen dsp, William, 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| m2/1. Milliscent Markham dau of Thomas Markham | |||||||||||||||
| Wo16=18 | Sir Robert Woodforde of Brightwell in Burnham, Buckinghamshire b at Ashby Folville on 9 October 1460 | ||||||||||||||
| m 1489 Alice Gate dau/heir of Thomas Gate or Atgate of Burnham | |||||||||||||||
| Wo15=17 | Thomas Woodforde of Brightwell in Burnham b about 1495 | ||||||||||||||
| m Elizabeth Blount dau of Sir Richard Blount of Maple Durham & Iver | |||||||||||||||
| Wo14-1 | James Woodforde of Brightwell in Burnham b about 1510 | ||||||||||||||
| m Catharine Rede dau/heir of Thomas Rede or Read of Borresdale, brother of Sir William | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Robert Woodforde | ||||||||||||||
| m Ursula Colt of Rickmansworth | |||||||||||||||
| A | Elizabeth Woodfordeprobably the Elizabeth d 1624 who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m1 sp Thomas Gerard, 1st Lord of Gerard's Bromley d 01.1617/8 | |||||||||||||||
| m2 Patrick Ruthven, 'Lord Ruthven' d 24.05.1652 | |||||||||||||||
| B+ | other issue - John dsp, James, William, Mary, Catherine | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Jane Woodforde | ||||||||||||||
| m John Brinkhurst | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Anne Woodforde | ||||||||||||||
| m _ Boothe | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Mabel Woodforde | ||||||||||||||
| m John or Edward Walter of Buckinghamshire | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Ursula Woodforde | ||||||||||||||
| m1 _ Booth | |||||||||||||||
| m2 John Duffield | |||||||||||||||
| 6+ | other issue - Anthony d young, Edward dsp in Ireland, Elizabeth d infant | ||||||||||||||
| Wo14-2 | Gamaliel Woodforde 5th son b about 1515 | ||||||||||||||
| m1 Johanna Lodge dau of Sir Thomas Lodge | |||||||||||||||
| 1+ | issue dsp? - Thomas, William | ||||||||||||||
| m2 Joyce Fulke | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Fulcronia Woodforde dsp | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Anna Woodforde | ||||||||||||||
| m Anthony Warre | |||||||||||||||
| Wo14-3 | Robert Woodforde b about 1512 | ||||||||||||||
| m Johanna Preston of Radnorshire heiress | |||||||||||||||
| Wo14-4 | Anna Woodforde b about 1514 | ||||||||||||||
| m Francis Dayrell son of Paul of Lillingston Dayrell | |||||||||||||||
| Wo14-5 | Elizabeth Woodforde b about 1517 | ||||||||||||||
| m1 George Weldon base son of Thomas Weldon of Cookham | |||||||||||||||
| m2 George Hynde sergeant plummer | |||||||||||||||
| m3. John Fisher of Buntingly | |||||||||||||||
| m4. Robert Moulton | |||||||||||||||
| Wo14=16 | Ursula Woodforde b about 1518 | ||||||||||||||
| m Walter Light of Radway Grange Warwickshire, lived at Brackley Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||
| Wo14-7 | Sibill Woodforde b about 1519 | ||||||||||||||
| m John Ayliff of Southamptonshire yeoman | |||||||||||||||
| Wo14-8 | Dorothy or Alicia Woodforde b about 1520 | ||||||||||||||
| m John, Bishop of St. Davids | |||||||||||||||
| Wo14-9 | Cicely Woodforde b about 1522 | ||||||||||||||
| m _ Weston of Netherop yeoman | |||||||||||||||
| Wo14-10 | Susan Woodforde b about 1524 | ||||||||||||||
| m Thomas Darrell of Wickham | |||||||||||||||
| Wo14-11 | Jane Woodforde b about 1526 | ||||||||||||||
| m Thomas Woodward of Lee | |||||||||||||||
| Wo14-12 | Katherine Woodfordeprobably of this generation b about 1527 | ||||||||||||||
| m George Woodward of Upton | |||||||||||||||
| Wo15-2 | Mary Woodford | ||||||||||||||
| m John Ede of Sussex | |||||||||||||||
| Wo15-3 | Margaret Woodford | ||||||||||||||
| m Edward Grantham of Hedsore | |||||||||||||||
| Wo15-4+ | other issue - Edward, Eustace, Christopher, Elizabeth nun | ||||||||||||||
| Wo16-5 | Thomas Woodford dsp | ||||||||||||||
| Wo16-6 | Joan Woodford | ||||||||||||||
| m Robert Nevill of Ragnell | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | John Woodford of Garthorpe dsp | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir Robert Woodford of Ashby Folvilepossibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| Not least because we think there are too many generations here, we are concerned that this connection, provided by Commoners vol IV, Whatton of Leicestershire may have confused the generations. Commoners Whatton identifies John's wife as Margaret, dau of Thomas Woodford son of Sir Robert of Ashby Folville son of Sir Robert of Agincourt fame by Isabel, dau of Sir William Neville of Rolleston. | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Thomas Woodford | ||||||||||||||
| A | Margaret Woodford | ||||||||||||||
| m John Whatton of Long Whatton | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Joan Woodforde | ||||||||||||||
| m1/2. _ Goldsmith of Goldsmith Grang | |||||||||||||||
| This is probably the Joan who also married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m2/1. Sir Laurence Berkeley of Wymondham d 1458 | |||||||||||||||
Sources: Commoners vol IV, Woodforde of Ansford House, Visitation Buckinghamshire,
1634, Woodford of Brightwell in Burnham
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