Thomas Dod
1379
to 1440 (estimated)
DOD00050A
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1379
Thomas Dod, perhaps the
son of John Dod of Farndon (DOD00043), was born in about 1379
(see age at Inquisition of 1418 below).
1413
In an Inquisition of 8 June 1413, John,
son and heir of Griffith Wareyn held the manor of Ightfield
in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief as an eighth part of a knight’s
fee, with an annual value of 10 marks payable by equal parts at Michaelmas and
Lady Day. He died on 4 February 1413 when Griffin his son and heir was
aged 13 years and more. In a separate record, Griffin Wareyn
held 1 toft with the advowson of Ightfield,
service unknown, with an annual value of 2d. (Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 20, (Henry V, 1413–1418), Folios 16,
114).
1415
In an Inquisition at Whitchurch on
17 December 1415, Griffin Wareyn, who died on 5 October 1414, held the manor of
Ightfield, as recorded in the first entry in 1413. Margaret,
the daughter of John Wareyn, is his sister and heir aged 13 years and more.
(Calendar of
Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 20, (Henry V, 1413–1418), Folio
293).
1418
In an Inquisition on 21 January
1418, there was a writ for proof of age, of Margaret
daughter of John Wareyn who was in the custody of Philip de Eggerton by
the grant of Roger de Acton knight, to whom the keeping of the lands was
committed. In giving evidence, the
seventh juror was Thomas Dod, 39 and more who gave
evidence that John his brother was retained for life by Lord
Talbot on the day that Margaret was born at Ightfield
and baptised there on 11 June 1401, and is now aged 17
years and more. (Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 20, (Henry V, 1413–1418), Folio 844).
1423
In an Inquisition regarding Maud, the widow of John
Lovell, Chevalier, dated 12 May 1423, in respect of lands in Shropshire and the
Adjacent Marches of Wales, Thomas Dod amongst others gave evidence on 8
June 1423 at Newport that she held no lands of tenements of the king or of
another in demesne or in service. (Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 22 (Henry VI, 1422-1427), Folio 176).
1440
Thomas Dod may have died in or about 1440.