John Woodward

Third Generation

3. John WOODWARD of Upton, Bucks (George, John) was born about 1538. He was buried1 8 Jul 1566 in Upton, Buckinghamshire, England.

Notes of Catherine Clear <catherine.ferguson@clear.net.nz>

John WOODWARD was born about 1538 - of Upton, Buckinghamshire, England. He died in 1566 in Buckinghamshire, England He married Margaret BULSTRODE about 1568 in Of, Hidgley Bulstrod, Buckinghamshire, England.

• John married Margaret (Margerie) BULSTRODE (daughter of George Bulstrode of Hidgley Bulstrode), John & Margaret married about 1568 in Hidgley Bulstrod, Buckinghamshire England, Margaret (Margerie) BULSTRODE was born about 1522 in Hidgley, Bulstrode, Buckinghamshire, England. She died in 1560 and was buried 11 Dec 1560.

Burials

• Mrs. Bridgett Woodward, buried on 30 Aug 1545.
• John Tailor, servaunte to Mr. John Woodward, buried on 29 May 1551.
• Thomas Jackes, servaunte to Mr. John Woodward, buried on 31 Jan, 7
• Edward 6. Margerie Woodward, wife of Mr. John Woodward, buried on 1 Dec 1560.
• Mr. John Woodward, buried on 8 Jul 1566.

History

The family of Bulstrode settled in Hedgerly in 1473. "The family of Bulstrode had towered above the common mark, and were much above mediocrity for talents, position , opulence and descent. The manor of Temple Bulstrode is in Hedgerly, and in 1537 it was bestowed on Bisham Abbey, which was endowed as a mitred abbey for Benedictine monks. In the family records of the Bulstrode's it is alleged that William the Conqueror granted the estate of the Shobbingtons, whose capital seat, now called Bulstrode, was situated in the centre of a find park at Gerard's Cross, Beaconsfield, to a Norman lord; but that the Shobbington's would not render possession to one who wished to wrench it by force, hence they collected friends, ammunition and cattle, to repulse the Norman invader, and this they did so effectually that they retained their hold. Shobbington was cited into the presence of the Conqueror, William I, and he, with his seven sons, came before Majesty riding on a bull, and being asked by he resisted when the whole island had yielded, he replied that his antecessors had there dwelt time out of mind whereof the memory ran not to the contrary; but he promised if he were allowed to enjoy the inheritance he would become a faithful vassal to the successful sovereign. A distich runs:

"When William conquered English ground, - Bulstrode had per annum 300 pound."

[Note: If you look her up on the Internet, you will find that various people assign her some children born AFTER both she and John died! Namely: Ambrose Woodward, b. 1573, and several more John's, which certainly isn't right!}

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Portland (London) Collection: Catalogue of Deeds and Documents from the Estates of the Dukes of Portland, 1304-1933 Catalogue of Deeds and Documents from the Buckinghamshire Estate of the Dukes of Portland 1606-1895 The Bulstrode estate and adjacent lands in south-eastern Buckinghamshire were acquired by the Bentincks from the heirs of the jurist, Lord Jeffreys and others in and after 1706 using monies settled under the marriage settlement of Lord Woodstock (the future 1st Duke of Portland). Portions of the estate were sold off from the 1770s to ease the financial position of the 3rd Duke of Portland, but Bulstrode itself, which was his favourite country residence and the one most accessible from London (where his political activities required him to be), was only sold after his death (to the Duke of Somerset in 1810). The house was rebuilt in the 19th century.

They had the following children:

5 M i. 6 M ii.

• George WOODWARD was born 1549 and was buried 30 Jan 1597/1598.
• Robert WOODWARD was born about 1551. He was buried1 16 May 1610 in Upton, Buckinghamshire, England.

It is possible that Rowland Woodward (the friend of John Donne), and his brother Thomas (b. circa 1576), were the sons of either Robert or John.

The Complete English Poems - Page 527 - by John Donne, A. J. Smith .."TO MR ROWLAND WOODWARD Rowland Woodward (1573-1636/7) was Donne's close friend from the time they were at Lincoln's Inn together in the early 1590s...."

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ROWLAND WOODWARD: Was "sometime secretary to the Earl of Westmoreland, [Francis Fane]" and has been described as a "highly accurate, noninterventionist transcriber of Donne's poems and suggests that the copies from which he worked derived more or less immediately from the poet's own papers."

Issues of the Exchequer; Being the Payments Made Out of His Majesty's ... By Great Britain Exchequer, Great Britain Record Commission, Frederick Devon, page 54: THOMAS WOODWARD, Brother of Rowland Woodward, 2nd of February 1606: To Thomas Woodward, brother to Rowland Woodward, the sum of 60L, to the use of his said brother, to be taken to him as of his Majesty's free gift and reward, for that whereas the said ROWLAND WOODWARD, having been of late sent with letters unto his Majesty from Sir Henry Wotton, Knight, his Highness's Ambassador resident at Venice, was, in his journey coming hitherward through France, assailed by certain loose company, and grievously wounded, by reason whereof he hat been forced to make stay there for the cure of his hurts, to his great charges, both for surgeons and diets. By Privy Seal, dated 2nd of February 1606..." [In the case of Sir Henry Wotton's embassy in Venice, especially his first embassy (1604-1610) he surrounded himself with a group of "Kentish gentlemen, many of them distantly related to his own family; Albertus Morton his 'nephew,' ROWLAND WOODWARD, Henry Cogan, William Pankhurst and George Rooke."] According to a footnote in "Recent Travel," based on letters of Sir Henry Wotton to Henry IV of France, Rowland Woodward still had not recovered from his injuries by 1625.

Calendar of State Papers By Great Britain Public Record Office, John Bruce, William Douglas Hamilton:

June 17, 1630, Westminster: ROWLAND WOODWARD to Francis Windebank. His great affliction on [loss of his situation as Deputy Clerk of the Privy Seal]. Had had a gracious answer from his Majesty to the Bishop of London and Sec. Dorchester, who were his mediators.

Calendar of State Papers / Domestic Series / Reign of Charles I. By Great Britain Public Record Office, John Bruce, William Douglas Hamilton, Sophia Crawford Lomas, page 356: April 6, "When William conquered English ground, - Bulstrode had per annum 300 pound." [Note: If you look her up on the Internet, you will find that various people assign her some children born AFTER both she and John died! Namely: Ambrose Woodward, b. 1573, and several more John's, which certainly isn't right!}

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Portland (London) Collection: Catalogue of Deeds and Documents from the Estates of the Dukes of Portland, 1304-1933 Catalogue of Deeds and Documents from the Buckinghamshire Estate of the Dukes of Portland 1606-1895 The Bulstrode estate and adjacent lands in south-eastern Buckinghamshire were acquired by the Bentincks from the heirs of the jurist, Lord Jeffreys and others in and after 1706 using monies settled under the marriage settlement of Lord Woodstock (the future 1st Duke of Portland). Portions of the estate were sold off from the 1770s to ease the financial position of the 3rd Duke of Portland, but Bulstrode itself, which was his favourite country residence and the one most accessible from London (where his political activities required him to be), was only sold after his death (to the Duke of Somerset in 1810). The house was rebuilt in the 19th century.

They had the following children:

1636: "Grant to Balthazar Gerbier, of a fee of 6 s 8d per diem for his attendance upon ambassadors and strangers by order from the Lord Chamberlain, to be received quarterly, as ROWLAND WOODWARD, deceased, lately enjoyed the same."

• 7 M iii. John WOODWARD was born about 1553.

Sources

Our Southern Cousins - http://oursoutherncousins.com/Woodward's%20of%20Buckinghamshire.pdf