John Dod
1380
(estimated) to 1440 (estimated)
DOD00050B
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1380
John Dod, perhaps the son
of John Dod of Farndon (DOD00043), was born in about 1380
(see his brother’s 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).
1413
On the Monday following the Feast of
Saints Fabian and Sebastian in the 13th year of King Henry IV's reign (Monday,
25 January 1412), John Dod and a group of accomplices raided the home of Ivo de
Solton in the village of Prees (Prys in Prys). They abducted Ivo from his house, murdered him in a
nearby field called Wynnemelfeld, and robbed his
corpse of a harnessed cap, a decorated or metal-reinforced headpiece, valued at
3 shillings and 4 pence.
It is probable that this John Dod belongs
to the Dods of Edge branch that established itself at Cloverley, based on
geographical and genealogical alignments. The
patent roll places the murder in Prees (Prys). Historically, the manor
of Cloverley, also known as Calverhall, is located
directly within the parish of Prees in Shropshire.
On 26 June 1413 at Westminster
there was granted a Pardon to John Dod, indicted before William Peynour, one
of the coroners of the county of Salop, of having on Monday after saints Fabian
and Sebatstian, 13 Henry IV, come with others to the
house of one Ivo de Solton of Prys in Prys and taken him from it and murdered
him in the field of Wynnemelfeld and despoiled him of
a harnessed cap worth 3s 4d. (Patent Rolls of
the reign of Henry V, 1413 to 1416,
page 61).
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).
Richard Talbot, 4th Baron Talbot, died in 1396, and
was succeeded by his young son Gilbert Talbot, 5th Baron Talbot. The title Lord
Talbot belonged to the senior branch of the family based at nearby Blakemere
and Whitchurch.
The manor of Ightfield was held by Griffin Warren, Griffith
de Wareyn. In July 1401, Griffin’s relative, Thomas Neville (5th Baron
Furnivall), married Ankaret le Strange, the widow of Richard Talbot (4th Baron
Talbot). This high-profile marriage brought the Talbot family into the
immediate local sphere of the Warrens. In feudal property records, Inquisitions
Post Mortem, it was recorded that parts of Ightfield
were held directly of Griffin Warren, but the senior Talbots held adjacent
dominant estates in the area, meaning their names frequently appear together in
medieval land charters. Ightfield later became the principal seat of the
Mainwaring family, who inherited it from the Warrens later in the 15th century.
The Mainwarings eventually married into the Talbot
family.
1431
John Dodde of West Street was a collector of taxes for
Gloucestershire (Fine Rolls of the reign of Henry VI, 1430 to 1437,
page 67).
1433
On 14 February 1433 at Westminster, a Commission was
ordered to Randolf Maynwaryng and others to arrest a
number of individuals including John Dodde of the county of Shropshire and bring
them before the king and council (Patent Rolls of
the reign of Henry VI, 1429 to 1436, page 277).
1440
John
Dod of Neuton was commissioned again as a tax collector,
this time through Shropshire excepting Shrewsbury (Fine
Rolls of the reign of Henry VI, 1437 to 1445,
page 328).
1440
Thomas Dod may have died in or about 1440.