John Woodward, of Solihull

John Woodward

• Birth: Solihull, Warwickshire, England
• Wife: Petronilla Clinton
• Son: John Woodward

“Thomas de Clinton, his son and heir, whose two daughters were his heirs, whereof Joan the eldest was married first to John Coningsby, and secondly to John Fowkes; and Petronilla, the youngest, was the wife of John Woodward of Solihull, in Warwickshire.”

Notes

“Thomas, son of James de Clinton, was dead by 25 March 1336, when a grant was made of certain lands by his mother and his widow; his son Leonard died without issue before 1349 and the manor came into the hands of Thomas's two daughters, Joan and Parnel (Petronilla), who married John de Coningsby and John Wodard (Woodwarde) of Solihull respectively. In 1355 John and Parnel made over all Parnel's claim to the manor to John Coningsby, whereby the whole manor came into his hands. After the death of John Coningsby, Joan married John Foukes of Dry Marston, co. Gloucester. On 25 July 1394, they sold the whole manor to Nicholas Dudley, a merchant of Coventry.”

St Alphege Church Tour

By 1200 Solihull was fully established and William de Odingsells, established a moated residence at Hobs Moat, around 2 miles from the centre of Solihull. In 1242 William acquired a Royal Charter for a weekly market and annual three-day fair at Solihull on the eve, the feast and the morrow of St. Alphege, the 18th, 19th and 20th April, confirming that Solihull was a thriving market town.

References

• Baddesley Clinton, its manor, church, and hall, with some account of the family of Ferrers, from the Norman conquest, Henry Norris 1897. Page 11. GoogleBooks
• Peerage of England. ...By Arthur Collins. Page 183. GoogleBooks
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jcrow&id=...