Alice (Blott) Woodmanson (abt. 1528)

Born about 1528 in Harrold, Bedfordshire, England

Biography

Alice was the daughter of Robert Blott of Harrold who wrote his will 8 Aug 1556, proved 29 Oct 1556 or if not his son, possibly related. The transcription is written in the 3rd person so "his daughter" means "daughter of the testator". This will listed wife Marjorie, children Thomas, Agnes, Eleanor "Lambaster" (which seems to be wife of John "Lankaster" later listed), Alice Woodmanson (and her husband Francis), "his daughter's son John Taylor... his sister Katherine...his sister Eleanor" implying that whichever daughter married a Taylor may now be deceased. He further bequeaths to brother Henry "Blote", the children of Richard Blote (later specifying that Richard is his son), "to testator's daughter's children at London" (again, Taylor children?) and son William. It is implied that William is oldest since upon Robert's death, wife Marjorie and son Thomas get his main farm but when Marjorie dies, son William gets that farm and then Thomas gets another farm at Town's End. Based on the property and livestock given, Robert was fairly wealthy.^[1]

A birthd date of 1528 is assigned based on her order of appearance in the will. She had married Francis Wooodmanson by 1556, likely around 1550. She had no children listed in the will by name.

Not surprisingly for farming families living outside the major cities, they do not appear under any of the variety of spellings in the Visitations of Bedfordshire between 1566 and 1634^[2] or the Huntingdon 1613 Visitation^[3] Nor do they appear in the Northampton Visitations of 1564 and 1618/19.^[4] under their own name or married into other families.

No further research on Alice has been done yet. Birth date is an estimate for research purposes based mainly on dates of proposed brother William Blott Sr.

1. ↑ Bedfordshire Archives Service 1556 will of Robert Blote of Harrold, Beds Reference ABP/R13/8
2. ↑ The visitations of Bedfordshire ; annis Domini 1566, 1582, and 1634. ... by Harvey, William, d. 1567; Cooke, Robert, d. 1592; Owen, George, d. 1665; Saint-George, Richard, Sir, d. 1635; Page-Turner, Frederick Augustus, b. 1845; College of Arms (Great Britain) Publication date 1884 Appendix
3. ↑ The visitation of the county of Huntingdon, under the authority of William Camden, Clareneaux king of arms, by his deputy, Nicholas Charles, Lancaster herald, A. D. MDCXIII by Charles, Nicholas, d. 1613; College of Arms (Great Britain); Ellis, Henry, Sir, 1777-1869; Camden, William, 1551-1623 Publication date 1849 Index
4. ↑ The visitations of Northamptonshire made in 1564 and 1618-19 : with Northamptonshire pedigrees from various Harleian mss by Harvey, William, d. 1567; Vincent, Augustine, 1584?-1626; Metcalfe, Walter C; England. College of arms Publication date 1887 Appendix 1564