Peter (Wode) Atte Wode (abt. 1245 - 1315)

Born about 1245 in Coulsdon, Surrey, England

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Died 1315 at about age 70 in Coulsdon, Surrey, England

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Peter was the son of William Atte Wode or (Wyckhurst-1)

Peter Atte Wode, purchased the 220-acre estate known as 'Wood Place' in 1279.

YE ATTE WODE ANNALS

June 1928 Atwood, Elijah Francis, b. 1871

A. D. 1203, one Peter de Wyckhurst bought outright from the Abbey of Chertsey, the 40 acre Estate in Coulsdon Parish, County Surrey, now known as Hooley House. Wick means dwelling and hurst is a wooded knoll, so Peter may well have been of "Wood House," and perhaps from Suffolk.

The owner of so small an estate would not naturally make much of a mark in history and we would not know his successor, except that William Atte wode, in 1278, signed a surety bond, as a yeoman of this parish.

This is the first appearance of this surname In Surrey. The very next year finds Peter Atte Wode and wife Alice suing to record title to a 220 acre tract nearby, which is known today as Wood Place. Peter doubtless lived at Hooley House, for in 1313 , he had the buildings and part of the land of Wood Place leased to one Roper de Bosco, or de Wood^[1]

Contention

The assertions made in this article, from "Ye atte Wode Annals" do not appear to be substantiated in fact. For a map of Coulsdon, although of a later date but which will show the Manors discussed, see Surrey, 1874 Survey Coulsdon. At the time, c. 13th Century, the estate, of Holegh, was held by the Abbey of St. Peter at Chertsey, in chief to the King. In c. 1200, a hide of land was granted to Roger de Holegh by Elwin son of John. In 1258 Thomas de Holegh quitclaimed 1 carucate of land to Robert de Walton and Beatrice his wife. At c. 1300 the estate is divided.^[2]

The division, c. 1300, created a northern part, called Holegh (later Hooley House), was, in 1323 in the hands of Peter de Purley (of the Purley of Sanderstead Parish) and his wife Julyan who had a licence for a chapel in Holegh. The southern part, called Wood Place, was held by a Roger de Wood (likely the Roger de Bosco mentioned in The Early Genealogy of the Atwood Family In England. His son, John de Wood, died seised of the messuage and land in 1312. John had been declared incompetent (due to "idiocy") and the lands reverted to the King. At the Inquisition of John de Wood he was found to have held no estates in chief. His sister Lucy was his heir. In 1357 Peter Atte Wood had licence for an oratory in his house at Coulsdon. The relationship between Peter and Lucy, if any, is not yet clear. The comment below, arising from The Early Genealogy of the Atwood Family In England, "1313, Peter Atte Wode had leased "Wood Place" to Roger de Bosco apparently several years before this" appears to be incorrect as Roger had died prior and it was John that held the manor at his death in 1312. The lands were held by the King and the "lease" must have been from the King to Peter. Does anyone have a copy of, or link to, the original record?

The Early Genealogy of the Atwood Family In England

Abridged from Mrs G.W. Warren's Family in England

I. William Atte Wode, the first named in the Surrey records, was of Coulsdon in that County, and is mentioned in 1278 as a surety on bond and a freeholder. There is mention of one fine for land purchased by a deceased Atwood ancestor " in temp Hen. i proavi." 1216-1272. William Atte Wode of 1278, may therefore have been the purchaser.

II. Peter Atte Wode was a tenant of the Abbey of Chertsey. Wood Place was a messuage and about 220 acres of land, sixth year of the reign of Edward II., 1313. a messuage balued at 2s a year, sixty acres worth twenty shillings, fifteen acres of wood (bosci) worth 7s. 6d. held of Peter At Wode by the service of 13s. 14d. a year came into the King's hands by reason of the idiotcy of John son of Roger de Bosco, his next heir. The four acres bosci of Geoffrey Atte Wode or the fifteen of Peter At Wode are probably "La Wode" of the second Peter's licnse. 1313, Peter Atte Wode had leased "Wood Place" to Roger de Bosco apparently several years before this. John then holding it under that lease (Peter holding it from the Abbey). Peter was of the family of the preceding William and was very likely his son.^[3][4]

NOTE

Peter Atte Wode was probably born in Coulsdon in Surrey (now Greater London) according to Manning and Bray's 'History of Surrey'. He was the son of Geoffrey Atte Wode (Abt 1297–1346), a Serjeant-at-Arms to Edward III. The Atte Wodes had been in the employ of King Edward III since at least 1341. By 1346 three members of the Atte Wode family were serving in his royal bodyguard as Sergeants-at-Arms, including his father, his uncle Richard Atte Wode, and his grandfather, Sir William Atte Wode (c. bef 1300 - c. 1346), Captain of the King's Guard at the Palace of Westminster. He was the son-in-law of Peter Atte Wode and Alice, who owned both 'Hooley House' and 'Wood Place' in Surrey. The Atte Wode lineage can be traced back to about 1204 when Peter de Wyckhurst purchased 'Hooley House' from the Bertan Marten, the Abbot of Chertsey Abbey. Over the next hundred years, the family added to its land holdings in Surrey and his father, Peter Atte Wode, purchased the 220-acre (0.89 km2) estate known as 'Wood Place' in 1279. The Atte Wodes emerged as one of the new influential class of yeomen, who were becoming substantial landowners in England. In 1318 Sir William and Juliana added to the family's fortune by purchasing another estate known as 'Beckenham' in Kent.

Sir William's grandson, Peter Atte Wode, continued to expand both the family’s land holdings and its influence by being appointed a Justice in Eyre; Peter's association with William of Wykeham who became the Bishop of Winchester and the Chancellor of England undoubtedly also helped to increase the family's influence. (Coulsdon Church from the South-west

Sources

1. ↑ https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1159857&from=fhd
2. ↑ 'Parishes: Coulsdon', in A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4, ed. H E Malden (London, 1912), pp. 199-205. British History Online - Coulsdon.
3. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/newenglandfamily02quin#page/229/mode/1up
4. ↑ New England family history by Quinby, Henry Cole, 1872-1922 p.209-234

Footnotes: Publications:

• 'Parishes: Coulsdon', in A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4, ed. H E Malden (London, 1912), pp. 199-205. British History Online - Coulsdon.
• https://archive.org/stream/newenglandfamily02quin#page/234/mode/1up
• History of the Atwood Family, in England and the United States.p.22-26
• https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1159857&from=fhd
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=atwood&id=I1248
• The Records of the Cranston family Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - The Records of the Cranston family. 1974. Date of publication from leaf 17 at end. Portions of this work were excerpted from articles written by William Jones for the New England historic genealogic review. Cf. leaf [1]. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 57).
• Wood genealogy and other family sketches : genealogical memoranda of a branch of the Wood family in England and America Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data - Wood, Leland N.,. Wood genealogy and other family sketches : genealogical memoranda of a branch of the Wood family in England and America : also sketches of related families
• Ye Atte Wode annals, October 1929 : giving English history, descendants of Harman, Henry, John, Philip, Stephen, Thomas of Ipswich and Thomas Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data - Atwood, Elijah Francis,. Ye Atte Wode annals, October 1929 : giving English history, descendants of Harman, Henry, John, Philip, Stephen, Thomas of Ipswich and Thomas of We
• History of the Atwood family, in England and the United States : to which is appended a short account of the Tenney family Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data - Atwood, Charles,. History of the Atwood family, in England and the United States : to which is appended a short account of the Tenney family. Boston: Press of G.H. Ware, 18
• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.