David Dodd (1484 - aft. 1545)

Born 1484 in Edge, Cheshire, England [uncertain]

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Died after 1545 after age 61 in Edge, Cheshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

David Dodde of the Egge was born circa 1483-4 (he was aged 22 in 21 Henry VII^[1] [22 August 1505- 21 August 1506]). David was probably born at Edge where his family had lived for centuries. Edge is a settlement located in the Parish of Malpas, in Broxton Hundred, Cheshire, England.^[2]

David was the son of John Dodd of Egge, esq, and his wife, Emma Brereton, the daughter and heir of Humphrey Brereton,^[3] third son of Bartholomew Brereton of Grafton.^[1]

David's siblings were:

1. Richard, younger brother;^[1]
2. Ellen, married Henry Typper of Gloucester;^[1]
3. Magdalen, who was married to Richard Ball;^[1]

David married Katherine, the daughter of Nicholas Manley of Poulton^[1] (Pulton^[3]).

David and Katherine had many children:

1. Randull Dod of Edgge, esq, oldest son and heir, died 11 May, 18 Elizabeth, married 1) Anne, the daughter of Randle Brereton of Malpas, and 2) Elizabeth, the daughter and heir of Thomas Horton of Toternhoe, co Bedford, who survived Randull and was living a widow in 1581;^[1]
2. John Dod, second son, died before 23 Elizabeth;^[1]
3. David Dod, third son, buried at Malpas on 19 March 1589;^[1]
4. Bartholimewe Dod of London, fourth son, a haberdasher, married Elizabeth, the daughter and coheir of George Dalton of London;^[1]
5. Frauncis Dod of London, fifth son, a haberdasher, married Mary, the daughter and coheir of George Dalton of London;^[1]
6. Roger Dod of Broxon, gent, sixth son, mentioned in records in 4 and 5 Philip and Mary;^[1]
7. Philip Dod of London, seventh son, married Elizabeth, the daughter of John Van-Hole or Van Halte of Antwerpe;^[1]
8. William Dod of Chester, eighth son, married Elizabeth, the daughter of William Hockenhull of Prenton;^[1]
9. Elizabeth, who was married to George Bird^[3] of Broxton;^[1]
10. Anne, who was married to William Street^[3] or Streley of Streley;^[1]
11. Jane, who was married to Thomas Calcott^[3] or Caldecote of Caldecote;^[1]
12. Catherine, who was married to — Goode;^{[1] [3]}
13. Mary, who was married to John Grosvenor of Bellean Hill;^[1]
14. Grace, who was married to John Moyle of Chester;^[1]

David's father, John Dodd senior of Egge, esq, died in or before 21 Henry VII, when an Inquisition post mortem found that his son David, aged 22, was his heir.^[1]

David Dodde of the Egge, esq, was living in 36 Henry VIII [1544-5].^[1] He was not listed in "The Names of all and singular Knights, Esquires, Gentlemen & Freeholders in Com. Cestriae" published in 1580, so he was dead before 1579 when the information was gathered. Vrian Dodd of Edge, gent, (David's grandson,^[3] Urian^[1]) was on the list.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22} George Ormerod, "Containing the Hundreds of Edisbury, Wirral, and Broxton", The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian MSS, Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the County; incorporated with a republication of King's Vale royal, and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities, 2nd Edition, Ed. Thomas Helsby, (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882), II:682.
2. ↑ English Place-Name Society. "Edge, Edge Green, Edge Ho, Edge Lane & Edge Scar & Little Edge: Major Settlement in the Parish of Malpas", in Survey of English Place-Names. (Online: University of Nottingham). Accessed 16 December 2023.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} John Paul Rylands, ed., "The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, for William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, with numerous additions and continuations, including those from the Visitation of Cheshire made in the Year 1566, by the same Herald. With an Appendix, containing the Visitation of a Part of Cheshire in the year 1533, made by William Fellows, Lancaster Herald, for Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux King of Arms. And a Fragment of the Visitation of the City of Chester in the year 1591, made by Thomas Chaloner, Deputy to the Office of Arms", The Publications of the Harleian Society, XVIII, (London: Harleian Society, 1882), 79, e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/visitationofches00glov#page/78/mode/2up : accessed 15 December 2017).
4. ↑ Rylands, ed., "The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580", The Publications of the Harleian Society, XVIII:7, e-Book Internet Archive.