John WODEHOUSE of Kimberley, Esq.
(Est 1375-1431)
Alice
(-1447)
Thomas GEDDING of Icklingham, Esq.
(Abt 1402-By 1466)
Ann ASTLEY
(-Aft 1473)
John WODEHOUSE of Kimberley, Knt.
(Abt 1406-1465)
Constance GEDDING
(-1487)
Edward WODEHOUSE of Kimberley, Knt.
(-Aft 1477)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Jane SWATHING

  • Sir Thomas WODEHOUSE, Knt.
  • Eleanor WODEHOUSE+
  • John WODEHOUSE
  • Bertram WODEHOUSE
  • Jerome WODEHOUSE

Edward WODEHOUSE of Kimberley, Knt. 1 2

  • Born: Kimberley, Norfolk, England
  • Married:
  • Died: After 1477

  Research Notes:

Son and heir, knighted a Banneret at Grafton Field, near Tewkesbury, as per the pedigree account:

"His Son, Sir Edward Dubb'd at Grafton-Field,
By Tewkesbury, where the Enemy did Yield;
Edward the Fourth, had in his second Year,
Sent him a privy Mandate to prepare,
To attend him in his Wars, which he obeyed,
And brought with him two hundred men array'd,
And all Equipt, at his own charge compleat,
They bravely fought, and made the Foe retreat.
This little Vavasour, was once so stout,
That he by force of Arms did dare to rout
The Men of Well, Tenants of Westminster,
His Plea was Harry's Gift to his Ancester,
And some say since, but they put in a Barr,
His Title voided was, by Lancaster."

The pedigree says, that in 1461, by order of Edward IV. under his privy seal, he levied in Norfolk, of his followers, tenants and gentlemen of quality, no less than 200, and armed them at his own charge, and attended the King in his journey into Scotland, being accompanied in his own retinue, with 2 dukes, 7 earls, 31 barons, and 59 knights... 3

  Marriage Information:

Edward married Jane SWATHING, daughter of Edmund SWATHING of Letton, Esq. and Agnes DE FRANSHAM.

Sources


1 The Visitation of Norfolk, made and taken by William Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, anno 1563..., Woodhouse, p. 322.

2 The Wodehouses of Kimberley, John Earl of Kimberley, K.G., 1887, p. 25.

3 "An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk," Francis Blomefield, Charles Parkin, 1805, Kimberley, pp. 549-550.


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