David Dod of Edge
c
1370 to c 1459 (estimated)
DOD00041
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1370
David was the son of Thomas Dod of
Edge (DOD00040) and may have been born in or
about 1325.
1388
David married Cecilia, daughter
and coheiress of William de Bickerton.
1390
David was the father of Anthony
Dod (DOD00042).
Of the first building phases
little can be said, beyond noting the existence at the centre of Edge Hall of
the plan of the Great Hall. With the common span of about 18 feet, this was the
nucleus around which all subsequent buildings worked. It might cautiously be
dated to around the time of David Dodd, living in 1464 and 1475, since in the
solar wing to its south, there are two late medieval arch braced roof trusses.
Perhaps this was a timber house (there is evidence of some reuse of beams)
standing on land that was gradually being reclaimed from the wastes, moors,
marshes and woods of the 14th century into agricultural land. (Haslam, Richard (1985), Edge Hall, Cheshire, The
Home of Mr and Mrs Anthony Wolley Dod, in Country Life, 21 November 1985,
pages 1612 to 1615).
1459
David may have lived until or
about 1459.