Sir Anthony Dod
c
1390 to c 1470 (estimated)
DOD00042
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1390
Anthony was the son of David Dod
of Edge (DOD00041) and may have been born in or
about 1390.
1415
Anthony was knighted by Henry V at
the Battle of Agincourt on 25 October 1415.
Family tradition and later
genealogical compilations claimed Sir Anthony played a prominent role and even commanded
English archers, though Historians note that overall command of the English
archers at Agincourt belonged to Sir Thomas Erpingham, meaning claims of
Anthony's high command are likely local exaggerations.
There are no contemporary or near‑contemporary sources for the
Battle of Agincourt record a knight named Anthony Dod (or Dodd), nor does he
appear in the Patent Rolls, Close Rolls, Chronicles of Henry V, or the major
Agincourt muster lists.
The claim that Sir Anthony Dod of
Edge or Edge Hall, Cheshire, was knighted at Agincourt appears only in
later genealogical traditions, especially in seventeenth to nineteenth century
Cheshire family histories, Victorian county genealogies and Heraldic
compilations.
1470
Anthony may have lived until or
about 1470. He is said to be buried at Canterbury.