William Dod
1631
DOD00150
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1631
William Dod, born in 1631, was the
son of William and Magdalen Dod (DOD00092).
1650
In or about 1650, he was at
Cambridge University. William, educated Cambridge
University, dvp (Burke, John and Burke,
Sir Bernard (1836)(Eighteenth Edition, 1972), Bellyse
Baker of Highfields in Burke’s Landed Gentry, Volume 3, pages
35 to 38).
1662
George Dod of Highfields became a
barrister in London and during this time Highfields appears to have been managed
by his cousin, William Dod, son of his father's younger brother who, in a
document dated 1662, dealing with the estate of his late father, is referred to
as “now resident at Highfields.” (Baker, J Bellyse (1982), Highfields, Audlem: Sixteenth
Century Home of the Dod and Baker Families,
Audlem District History Society, page 9).
1666
(Indenture made on the first day of February 1678 (or
1667 of Charles II’s reign counted as starting as from the death of Charles I)
between William Dod the Younger of Buerton in the County of Chester, Gentleman,
and Dorothy Dod of Highfields, widow, and John Sanford of Falsgreen,
yeoman, regarding Cooks Green Estate, Baker Records 14). 18 Charles II is now generally recognised
as 1666.