Sir William Attewode1

M, b. 1270, d. 1345
     William was born in 1270 in Coulsdon, County Surrey, England, at Hooley House. He was the son of Peter Attewode and Alice (?) William married Juliana (?) circa 1294 in Coulsdon, County Surrey, England. By 1341 Sir William Atwood was Captain of the King’s Guard and one of his duties was at Westminster Palace, where Parliament was seated. William departed this life in 1345 in England.

Child of Sir William Attewode and Juliana (?)

Citations

  1. [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.