Sir William Attewode1
M, b. 1270, d. 1346
| Father | Peter Attewode b. 1245, d. a 1313 |
| Mother | Alice (?) b. b 1254 |
William was born in 1270 in Coulsdon, County Surrey, England, at Hooley House. William married Juliana (?) circa 1294 in Coulsdon, County Surrey, England. By 1341, he was Captain of the King’s Guard, his actual title being Serjeant-at-Arms, and one of his duties was at Westminster Palace, where Parliament was seated. He may have accompanied this two sons, all three being Serjeant-at-Arms, as body guards to the King during the 1346 campaign against France. William departed this life in 1346. Problably killed in the 1346 war with France in a battle fought at Crecy.
Family | Juliana (?) b. c 1274 |
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Citations
- [S1257] Elijah Francis Atwood, Ye Atte Wode Annuals, Part 1, page 1 - In 1318 William Atte Wode, wife Juliana almost surely son of the second Peter, sued to record title to lands in Breckenham, a few miles to the northeast. By 1341 Sir William Atwood was Captain of the King’s Guard and, on duty at Westminster Palace, where Parliament was sitting, stopped the Archbishop of Canterbury, because the latter insisted on the admission of a following of his partisans, not members. The Archbishop was a member, but the King commended Sir William. Two of Sir William’s sons were Sergeants at Arms to the King. By 1345, the King had enrolled a vast army and invaded France. I believe a third son, Geoffrey, was also of this army and fell at the Battle of Crecy. I know Richard, William an Sir William were in this war. Sir William almost certainly fell in one of the earlier actions.