John Hody 
John was born about 1398 in Manor of Kington Magna near Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, England. John's father is Thomas Hody and his mother is Elizabeth Cole. His paternal grandparents are Richard Hody and Margaret; his maternal grandfather was John Cole. He was an only child. He died in Pillesdon, England.General Notes
Titled BEF JUN 1440 Sir Knight
Titled Chief Justice
Titled of Pilsdon, Dorsetshire
Titled of Stowell (Stawell), Somersetshire
Titled 2 DEC 1430 Justice of the Peace in Somersetshire
Titled JUL 1438 Serjeant-at-Arms 3
AFT 13 APR 1440 Chief Justice of the King's Bench of England
MAY 1428 Commissioner of inquiry in Somersetshire regarding the concealing of crown income
BET 26 NOV 1431 AND 5 NOV 1432 Escheator of Somersetshire and Dorsetshire
JUN 1432 Commissioner of inquiry in Somersetshire and Devonshire regarding piracy
AUG 1433 Commissioner of inquiry in the West Country for crimes committed since 1413
BET 26 NOV 1431 AND 5 NOV 1432 Escheator of Somersetshire and Dorsetshire
FEB 1433/34 Commissioner of inquiry in Dorsetshire, Devonshire, Somersetshire and Cornwall concerning the escape of prisoners
JUL 1434 Commissioner of inquiry in Hampshire, Wiltshire, Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, Devonshire and Cornwall concerning the concealing of crown income
FEB 1434/35 Commissioner of inquiry in Somersetshire concerning breach of statutes relating to exports
4 AUG 1435 Commissioner of inquiry in Leskyret, Devonshire and Cornwall concerning the estates of John, Earl of Arundel 4
JAN 1435/36 Distributor of a tax allowance in Somersetshire
MAY 1437 Distributor of a tax allowance in Somersetshire
1438 Recorder in Bristol
JAN 1437/38 Commissioner of inquiry in Somersetshire concerning insurrections and felonies
NOV 1438 Commissioner of inquiry in Bristol concerning charges against Thomas Stevens
24 JAN 1438/39 Justice of Assize, Western Circuit
FEB 1438/39 Commissioner of inquiry in Shropshire concerning the death of Thomas Dyer of Ludlow
10 JUN 1440 Justice of Assize, Eastern Circuit
ABT 1425 Purchased two parts of the manor of Wydecombe, Somersetshire
Acquired a moiety of Bere Hall, Devonshire by marriage
Acquired property in Dorchester by marriage
Acquired the manor of Pilsdon, Dorsetshire by marriage
Acquired the manor of Putton, Dorsetshire by marriage
Acquired the manor of West Chickerell by marriage
Acquired the manors of East and West Whitefield, Somersetshire by marriage
Purchased a small estate not far from Fonthill, Wiltshire
Purchased property in Shaftesbury
ABT 1425 Purchased the manor of Stowell, Somersetshire
1431 Obtained an Exchequer lease of the manor of Whitewell in Colyton
1435 Purchased the manor of Wootton Glanville, Dorsetshire
1437 With his close friend, William Carent of Toomer, took custody of the royal manor of Gillingham
1439 Purchased the manor of Long Critchell, Dorsetshire
Will: 17 DEC 1441 Created (Requested that he be buried in the church of Wolavington, Somerset, near the body of "Magistri Johannis Hody," his uncle)
Burial: JAN 1441/42 Chapel in Woolavington Church (built by his uncle John)
12 JUL 1435 Received a writ to hold an inquisition concerning the lands in Devon and Cornwall of John Arundell, knight.
4 AUG 1435 At Leskyret, presided over an inquisition concerning the lands in Devon and Cornwall of John Arundell, knight
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1342 in Merewode, England
- b.~ 1368 in Stowell, England
- b.~ 1345
- b.~ 1398 in Manor of Kington Magna near Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, England d. in Pillesdon, England
- b.~ 1271 in Hittisleigh, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1296 in Coleton, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1322 in Coleton, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1347 in Devonshire, England d.< 1432 in Nethway, Brixham, Devon
- b.~ 1372 in Brixham, England
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They had a daughter named Mary.
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