Alice Wood (1456 - aft. 1480)

Born 1456 in Checkley, Cheshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Roger Hill — married 1469 in Wybunbury, Cheshire, England

Descendants

Died after 1480 after age 24 in England

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Biography

Alice (aka Alyse or Alis) Wood was born in 1456 in Checkley Cum Wrinehill. Checkley Cum Wrinehill was a township in Wybunbury parish, Cheshire, England, and is now part of Crewe and Nantwich district.^[1]

She was the daughter of Sir Robert Wood (1430-1456). Her mother's maiden name is not known; her Christian name was Joyce.

Alice Wood married twice:

1. Robert Hill,^[2] with whom she had:
   1. Isabel Hill.^[2]
2. Robert Woode, they married before 20 January, 1503;^[2]

1. Sir William of Taunton Hill;

On 20 January, 18 Henry VII [1503] an Indenture was made between Rondulf Eggerton, esquire, and Robert Woode, of Kell, gentleman, by which Rondulf agreed to marry Isabella, daughter of Robert Hill, deceased, and of Alice, late his wife, then Robert Woode's wife, before the Nativity of St John the Baptist next, "if the said Isabella thereto will be privy and agreeable"; and Robert Woode and Alice his wife covenant to settle on Rondulf and Isabella, lands, &c., in the county of Derby to the yearly value of six marcs.^[2]

Alice Wood Hill died after 1480.

Research Notes

An online family tree incorrectly states Alice was married to Roger Hill from Somerset. Contemporaneous evidence from a 1503 indenture shows that Alice was married to Robert not Roger Hill.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, "History of Checkley, in Crewe and Nantwich and Cheshire |Map and description", A Vision of Britain through Time. (http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5947 : accessed 13 August, 2022).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office. Volume I, ed. H C Maxwell Lyte, (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1890), 415, e-book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descriptivecatal01greauoft/page/415/mode/1up : accessed 15 August, 2022). C. 303.