John “Hewson” Atwood, "Keeper of Falcons" for King Henry VIII

John Atwood

• b.1490 Sanderstead, Surrey, England
• d.19 Mar 1562 St. Martin in the Fields, Middlesex, England
• Wife: Margaret [Greenville?] ABT 1505 - 1558 m. Children
• Atwood, male ABT 1534 -
• Robert Atwood ABT 1536 - 1586
• Nicholas Atwood BEF 1539 - 1586
• Thomas Atwood ABT 1540 - 1568

Comments

"As a descendant of Nicholas Atwood, I have noticed that information about these early years seems to be jumbled and largely derivative from "Ye Atwoode Annals." I am not sure where this "John Hewson" Atwood comes from. The funerary monument of Nicholas Atwood, in Sanderstead Church, states: "Here lyeth Nicholas Wood, the thirde sonne of John at Wood of Sandersted Corte who served Quene Elizabeth sens the second yeare of her Rayne & deceassed the xiiith of May 1586 ..." (See "Sanderste ad," Victoria County History of Surrey, pp. 241-242.) This sugg ests to me that Nicholas Atwood was the son of one of the two John Atwoods (John the elder and John the younger) of John Atwood who married Dionys. Positing a "John Hewson" Atwood complicates matters by having yet a third son named John, and is, on the face of it, suspicious because middle names were quite rare at this time and place." ?- David Langenberg gallie nus@earthlink .net mailto:gallienus@earthlink.net

Notes

In 1536, Henry VIII, as head of the church, dissolved the lesser monasteries and confiscated church lands including Sanderstead which contained Sanderstead Manor owned then by John Hewson Wood, or Atwood. The manor was then deeded to Sir John Gresham, uncle of Sir Thomas Gresham, founder of the London Exchange. Although the Atwoods remained in possession of part of the manor, they lived in the parish of St. Martin most of the year.

Links

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Atwood_%285%29

Citations

• Ye Atte Wode Annalls, B. 1 of 19, pt. 1, p. 31. link
• Parish Reg. St. Martin-In-The-Field,London, 1, V. 25, p. 110.
• Sanderstead Parish Reg. Surr., G 2, pt. 2, p. 18, 19.www.celtic-casimir.com

John Hewson ATWOOD

Born: Abt 1480, Sanderstead, Surrey, England
Married: Abt 1533, St. Martins in the Fields, Middlesex, England
Died: 31 Jan 1561-1562, St. Martins-In-The-Field, London, Surrey, England

Marriage Information:
John married Margaret GRENVILLE, daughter of Thomas GRENVILLE Sir Kt. and Isabella GILBERT, about 1533 in St. Martins in the Fields, Middlesex, England . (Margaret GRENVILLE was born about 1494 in Sanderstead, Surrey, England , christened about 1511 of Sanderstead, Surrey, England, died in Dec 1558 in Surrey, England and was buried on 26 Dec 1558 in St. Martins-In-The Field, Westminster, Middlesex, England.)

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John Hewson Atwood

St. Martins-in-the-Field Church
Birth: 1480
Sanderstead
Greater London, England Death: Jan. 31, 1562
Greater London, England
Son of John Atwood and Denes de Sanderford. Husband of Margaret de Grenville, the daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville and Isabella Gilbert. They had five children:

• Margaret, wife of Thomas Hicks
• William Atwood
• Robert Atwood
• Nicholas Atwood
• Thomas Atwood

Family links:
Spouse:
Margaret Grenville Atwood (1491 - 1558)
Burial:
St Martin-in-the-Fields Churchyard
Westminster
City of Westminster
Greater London, England
Maintained by: Mary Gilmore
Originally Created by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens
Record added: May 05, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 129216242

Son of John Atwood and Denes de Sanderford. Husband of Margaret de Grenville, the daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville and Isabella Gilbert. They had five children:

• Margaret, wife of Thomas Hicks
• William Atwood
• Robert Atwood
• Nicholas Atwood
• Thomas Atwood

Family Members
Parents
John Atte Woode
1445–1525
Denes Harmon Wode
1449–1531

Spouse
Margaret Grenville Atwood
1491–1558

Siblings
Edward Woode
1470–1495

Half Siblings
Alice Atwoode Whitmore
1459–1540

Children
Nicholas Atwood

• History & Antiq. of Surrey, Surrey, England, Surr. 6, v. 2, p. 73, 75.
• Surry Arch. Collection, Sur. Pub., Surr. Pub. A, v. 7, p. 16.
• Berry's Co. Gen. Berks, 1, pt. 3-44.