John (Northwode) de Northwode (abt. 1321 - 1379)

Born about 1321 in England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 27 Feb 1379 at about age 58 in England

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Biography

Birth and Parents

John de Northwode was son of Roger de Northwode and his first wife Juliane de Say. He was his father's main heir.^[1][2][3] He was baptised in 1321, when his father was under 15.^[1][2]

Marriage and Children

In 1350 John married Joan Hert, daughter of Robert Hert of Faversham, Kent.^[1][2][3] The marriage was against the wishes of his father, as it was a "disparagement of the blood", and his father considered disinheriting him.^[3] They had the following children:

• Roger,^[1][2][3] named in a genealogical roll drawn up in the period 1385-1405^[4]
• John,^[1][2][3] named in the genealogical roll^[4]
• William,^[1][2][3] named in the genealogical roll ^[4]
• James,^[1][2][3] named in the genealogical roll^[4]
• Juliane, who married John Digge,^[1][2] confirmed by the genealogical roll^[4]
• Joan who married John d'Engaine,^[1][2] (not to be confused with Joan, wife of Roger Scales and Edmund Thorpe - see Research Notes below) confirmed by the genealogical roll which says "John Dengeyne" was of Cambridgeshire^[4]

A son Stephen, not mentioned by Richardson or in the genealogical roll, is named in John's will, apparently destined to join a religious community or to become a priest.^[5]

Lands

John's father died on 5 November 1361 and John had livery of his estates the following month.^[6] He held lands on the isle of Sheppey, Kent and at Milton and elsewhere in Kent.^[1][2]

In 1375 John inherited a share in a manor at Lambourn, Berkshire following the death of his cousin Thomas de Grandison.^[1][2]

Life

In 1342 John's father granted him an annuity of 10 marks.^[3]

John fought in France in 1355 and 1359.^[1][2][3]

He was summoned to Parliament from 1 June 1363 to 28 December 1375, and accordingly Cokayne records him as Lord Northwode.^[3]

In 1369 John was appointed a commissioner for the muster of men to defend the Isle of Sheppey, Kent.^[7] Eight years later, in 1377, he was ordered to stay in the Isle of Sheppey "with all his power" (that is, all his men) to defend it against invasion from the French, who had invaded elsewhere "and inflicted intolerable hurt, and are striving day by day to land on divers other coasts."^[8]

Death and Will

John died on 27 February 1378/9. His wife survived him, and was living in September 1398.^[1][2]

John's will, made the day he died, was proved by his widow on 13 March 1378/9. In it he:^[5]

• named his wife as executor and residuary legatee
• requested burial at the Church of the Nuns of Saint Sexburg, Minster, Sheppey
• asked his wife to pay his debts out of his moveable property, with any surplus being used for the following purposes:
  • some to go to his daughter Johanna at the discretion of his wife, William Frogenhale, William Suttone and John de Mere
  • some to pay for the education of his son Stephen "to the effect he be moved to be a Religious or take Sacred Orders"
  • some to pay for two men to go on pilgrimage to the shrine of the Apostles Peter and Paul and Saint James in Galicia

Research Notes

Previously-shown Daughter Margaret

Margaret has previously been shown on WikiTree as daughter of John de Northwode and Joan Hert. She was the daughter of a different person, John Norwood of Coventry, Warwickshire,^[9] and has been detached.

Daughter Joan

Joan de Northwode, Northwode-1, who married Roger Scales and Edmund Thorpe, has previously been identified on WikiTree as the same as the Joan daughter of the John de Northwode of this profile and Joan Hert. This stems from a Marlyn Lewis misrepresentation of what Douglas Richardson says.

The 1385-1405 genealogical roll cited for children confirms that Joan, daughter of the John of this profile, was, when it was drawn up, "now wife of Sir John Dengeyne, knight, of the county of Cambridge."^[4] That rules out her being the wife of Roger Scales and Edmund Thorpe.

See the Research Notes section of the profile of Joan, Northwode-1 for a more detailed discussion.

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} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. I, p. 79, DIGGES 6, Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. III, p. 102, GRANDISON 5
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} G E Cokayne.The Complete Peerage, revised edition, Vol. IX, St Catherine Press, 1936, p. 757, viewable on Familysearch
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Genealogical Notes on the Northwoods (containing a translation of the Northwood genealogical roll) in 'Archaeologia Cantiana', Vol. 2, 1859, p. 25, Kent Archaeological Society website
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #82715764
6. ↑ Calendar of the Fine Rolls, Vol. VII, Edward III, A>D> 1356-1368, HMSO, 1923, p. 183, Internet Archive
7. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward III, Vol.XIV, A.D. 1367-1370, HMSO, 1913, pp. 347-8, Hathi Trust
8. ↑ Calendar of the Close Rolls, Richard I, Vol. I, A.D. 1377-1381, HMSO, 1914, p. 1, Internet Archive
9. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, pp. 114-115, GRESLEY 12

See also:

• Space: Captain John Norwood's Ancestry, an attempt at a Northwode/Norwood tree

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 13 July 2021 and reviewed/approved the same day by Thiessen-117.

John (Northwode) de Northwode is descendant of Magna Carta Surety Baron Geoffrey de Say in a Richardson-documented trails to Gateway Ancestors Anne Baynton and Edward Digges (Magna Carta Ancestry, vol. II, pages 78-83 DIGGES). The Baynton trail was badged by the Magna Carta Project on 16 July 2021; the Digges trail was badged in March 2023. To view these trails, see the Magna Carta Trails section on Fernando Baynton's profile and the Magna Carta Trails section of Edward Digges' profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".