FAMILY
GROUP RECORD OF
EDWARD WOODHULL AND
MARY ROBINS
Edward Woodhull was born in about 1595 of Mollington, Oxfordshire.
He married Mary Robins 26 November 1619 in Mollington. Mary was
christened 2 November 1593 in Mollington, the daughter of Richard
and Alice Robins. Mary Robins was the granddaughter of Edward
Woodhull's tenant.
Marriage record for Edward Woodhull and Mary Robins in
Mollington: "Edwarde Woodhulle and Marye Robins were maryedd xxvith day
of November 1619"
Edward was an appraiser for the inventory of his father-in-law
Richard Robins in 1624. He was also a witness and overseer for
his father-in-law's will.
Signature of Edward Woodhull on Richard Robin's will in 1624
Edward received a bequest in the will of his mother-in-law
Alice Robins of Mollington in 1631: "I give tomy
three sonnes in lawe Edward Woodhull John Corbett &
William Elkingtonten shillinges
apiece to be paid them by my exrs abovenamed."
Edward was a witness for the will of Alice Elkington of
Mollington in 1640. Edward Woodhull, Thomas Woodhull and
Ambrose Holbech were the appraisers for her inventory.
Signature of Edward Woodhull on Alice Elkington's will in
1640
Richard Woodhull of Mollington left a will proven in 1658,
mentioning "my brother Mr. Anthony Woodhall his wife and children",
"cousin Thomas Woodhall" and "cousin Edward Woodhall".
He left Edward a bequest: "And to mycosen Edward
Woodhall twentie shillings to buy him a ring". (Will
of Richard Woodhall of Molllington, 1659, PCC)It
seems likely that Edward died between 1658 and 1660, as he was not
mentioned in his son Anthony's will.
Edward and Mary's son, Anthony Wodhull of Cropredy, husbandman, left
a will written 16 July 1660, and proven 22 May 1662. The will
provides the family structure. His will mentions sister Ann
Batchelor of Little Bourton, sister Alis Buckston of Pinley Green,
Warwickshire, sister Mary Ward of Barford, Wardington, and sister
Frances Elkinton of Cropredy:
In the name of God Amen I Anthony Wodhull of Cropr'dy in
the County of Ox'on husbandman sick in body but of good and
perfect memory thanks be to allmighty God doe make this my last
will and testam't in man'er and forme following first I give and
bequeath my soule to Allmighty God my Creator & savio'r and
redeemer by whose passion suffering I doe hope to be redeemed And
for my worldly goods I dispose as followeth first I give and
bequeath unto John Blagrove of Cropr'dy in the County of Ox'on
aforesaid, yeoman, All my house and lands in trust to these uses
followinge viz. I give and bequeath unto my sister Ann
Batchelor of Little Bourton and to hir assignes the sum'e of
25li Item I give and bequeath to my sister Alis Buckston of
Pinly Greene in the County of Warr. and to hir assignes the
like sum'e of 25li Item I give and bequeath to my sister Mary
Ward of Barford in ye said County of Warr. and to hir
assignes the like sum'e of 25li. furthermore I give unto my
sister Frances Elkinton of Cropr'dy and to hir assignes all
the rest of my worldly good & estate my debts and funerall
expences beinge dischardged who I doe make ordaine and appoynt my
sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament. Always p'vided
my further will is that the said John Blagrave (to whom I doe
wholly dispose in trust my estate as aforesaid) shall be kept
endempnified and fullysatisfied for whatsoev'
Chardge or trouble he shall sustaine in the defence or performance
of ye said trust at the equall Charge of my aforesaid four
sisters.
Edward and Mary had the following children:
1. Richard, christened 13 September 1621 in Mollington;
buried 1 December 1625 in Mollington.
*2. Anne, christened 19 October 1623 in Mollington; married
John Batchelor.
Baptism record for Anne Woodhull in Mollington: "Ane Wodhull the
daughter of Edward Wodhull and Marye his wife wase baptized the
xix daye of Octoberis"
3. Frances, christened 23 October 1625 in Mollington;
married Mr. Elkenton of Cropredy.
4. Alice, christened 17 May 1628 in Mollington; married Mr.
Buckston of Pinley Green, Warwickshire.
5. Mary, christened 24 April 1631 in Mollington; married Mr.
Ward of Barford, Warwickshire.
6. Anthony, christened 19 January 1634 in Mollington; buried
24 July 1660 in Cropredy.
SOURCES: Mollington parish register; The New England Historical
and Genealogical Register, Volume 45, 1891; Will of Richard Robins
of Mollington, 1624, Oxfordshire Peculiar Court; Will of Alice
Robins, widow of Mollington, 1631; Oxfordshire Peculiar
Court; Will of Alice Elkington of Mollington,
1640, Oxfordshire
Peculiar Court; Will of Richard Woodhull of
Mollington, 1659, Prerogative Court of Canterbury; Will of
Anthony Wodhull of Mollington, 1662, Oxfordshire Peculiar
Court.
The Woodhull Family of Mollington
The Woodhull family of Mollington has been traced from Alice
Woodhull, who married William Elkington. This is the same Alice for
whom Edward Woodhull was a witness and appraiser for her will in
1640. In The Elkinton Family in England and America, Alice
Woodhull's ancestry is traced back to Lawrence Woodhull. "We begin our account of the Woodhull ancestry of
Alice (Woodhull) Elkington with this Lawrence Woodhull of
Thenford: 1. Lawrence Woodhull married, first, as we know from
her father's will, ALICE HALL, one of the daughters and co-heirs
of Edmund Hall of Swerford. He married, secondly, MARGARET LUSHER,
who is mentioned in his will. This will is dated 20 March 1549, and was proved 10 Sept.
1551, at Northampton. He leaves 3/4 to the poor in Thenford and 4d
to the Church in Peterboro. To his wife, Margaret, he leaves £6:
13: 4 in money, and a debt of £20 owed to him by her father. He
mentions his sons, Fulke, Edmund, Nicholas, John, Crescent, and
Francis, and daughters Agnes, Mary, Alice, Joan, Jane, and
Bridgett. He makes his son Fulke and Thomas Neyll, Parson of
Thenford, his executors, and makes his cousin Paul Doryll,
overseer. 2. Fulke Woodhull, son of Lawrence Woodhull, of
Thenford, was one of the Executors of his father's will. He
married, according to the Oxfordshire Visitation pedigree,
confirmed by other evidence, ALICE, daughter of Henry WICKLIFFE of
Addington, co. Northampton. Fulke Woodhull's will is dated 9 July
1574, and was proved at London (P.C.C.) 16 May 1575. He mentions
his wife, Alice, sons Leonard, to whom he leaves the manor house
at Mollington, Edward, to whom he leaves a house, William, to whom
he leaves £60, George, to whom he leaves three houses, and Thomas,
and daughters Frances, £40, Bridgett, rent of five houses and £60,
W awford, Anne Oldener and her husband £10, Elizabeth Butler, and
Margaret. He mentions, not by name, children of sons Leonard and
Thomas, and of daughters Elizabeth Butler, and Margaret. He
mentions Edward, Judith, and Katherine, children of his daughter
Wawford. He speaks of his brother Edmund. He says, concerning his
sister Mary, '' as for her legacie 2 kyne a breder and 10 sheep
and now on my bequest 40/- and my wife to have keeping of her and
after then my son Edward or else George Woodhull during her
life.'' It is this sister, Mary, who is said to have married
William Nicholls, of Willen, co. Buckingham.He says "my
will is that mother Wicliffe [is] to have her keeping at my wife's
hand so long as my mother Wicliffe liveth.'' He makes his wife
Alice and his son Edward executors and residuary legatees and
appoints his brother Edmund and his son Leonard overseers.
The will of Alice Woodhull, of Mollington, widow of Fulke, is not
dated, but was proved 15 June 1590. She asks to be buried in the
church at Mollington and leaves 6/8 to the Church and 10/- to the
poor there. She mentions Edward Woodhull, Elizabeth Butler and her
two sons, Mary Roughton, Katerine Collins, Alles, daughter of
George Woodhull ( 40 / at eighteen), Francis, son of Edmond
Grevill, Alles Wodhull, daughter of Leonard, daughters of Thomas
Odhulle (10 /- apiece), Edward, son of John Juell, Alles Wilkins,
John Gorstelow, William Bendige, to whom she leaves £10 and
provides that her (the testator's) cousin [grandson], Antony
Wodhull, shall take the money and keep him for life, William Wodhull, Margaret Norbery, and Francis
[Frances] Sely. She makes her son Edward Wodhull, of Mollington,
residuary legatee and executor, and makes Mr. Anthony Woodhull,
Gentleman, and Richard Gorstelow, overseers. 3. Thomas Woodhull, of Thenford, son of Fulke, made
his will 25 March 1592; it was proved at London (P.C.C.) 6 May
1594. To his wife, Margaret, he leaves £20 owed by his cousin,
Nicholas Wodhull, £22 owed him by his brother John Jewell, £5.
owed by Mr. Fynes, and £3. owed him by his cousin Mr. Michael
Coles. To his daughter Elizabeth Rudford, he leaves 30/- owed by
Peter Raynes, 40/- owed by his brother-in-law John Giles, and £30,
at Candlemas 1593. To his nephews [grandsons] Richard and Anthony
Elkington, at twenty-one, he leaves 20 marks owed him by their
father. To his daughter Johane, he leaves £20. owed him by his
cousin Mr. Anthony Woodhull, to be held in trust for her by his
overseers, Mr. Boule and John Gee till she reaches the age of
twenty-three. To her he likewise leaves £16 owed him by Mathew
Knight, mercer in Banbury. To his daughter Bridgett, he leaves
£40. to be paid at Mayday 1597; to daughter Judith £40. at the age
of twenty, and leaves his apparell to his brother William
Woodhull. To the poor of Thenford and Cropredy he leaves
18/- owed to him by Sir William Saunderson. To John Norbery and
his sister Jane he leaves 20/-; to Briget Seelye 20/ at
twenty-one. He leaves six yards of '' frise'' for gowns for his
wife, all his children, his sister Stokes, his sister Seelye, and
his sister Norbery. To every one of his brother, William
Woodhull's children, five in number, he leaves 6/8. · He
makes his cousin Nicholas Woodhull, of Thenford, and his cousin
Anthony Woodhull, of Mollington, his executors and residuary
legatees, and makes Mr. Boule and John Gee overseers.
The baptisms of the following of his children are found in
the Register of the Church at Mollington. 4. i. ALICE, 1570. ii. ELIZABETH, May 1571. iii. JOAN, 3 May 1573. iv. JUDITH, 25 Dec. 1584.
4. ALICE Woodhull, baptised in Mollington in 1570. She married
there, 16 May 1588, WILLIAM: ELKINGTON, of Mollington, who was
baptised at Cropredy 22 July 1547. He was buried at Mollington 15
July 1609, and she was buried there 8 Nov. 1639.
SOURCES: The Elkinton Family in England and America; Mollington
parish register.
Who was Edward's father?
Fulke Woodhull purchased a manor in Mollington in 1551: "In
1545 Fulk Woodhull, whose family already held land in Mollington,
obtained a grant in fee-farm of the manor and manor-house lately
held by Kenilworth Priory, to be held as 1/40 fee; six years later
he bought from John and Elizabeth Dormer the interest in
Mollington formerly held by the Willingham family. Fulk died in
1574 and his son Leonard in 1575. Leonard's sons John (d. 1589)
and Anthony succeeded in turn; the latter made a settlement of the
manor in 1619; and was involved in a family dispute concerning
Mollington under Charles I. Anthony Woodhull the elder and his son
Anthony conveyed the manor and main estate in Mollington to
Ambrose Holbech and his son of the same name in 1662." (British
History Online - Mollington)
Fulke had five sons and six daughters. He died in 1575, leaving
a will. His wife Alice died in 1590, also leaving a will. One of
theses sons is likely Edward's father. Their wills, along with
information from the Mollington parish register gives this family
structure:
1. Leonard, born in about 1544, mentioned in father's will
of 1575, buried in 1575 in Mollington (too early to be our Edward's
father), had children Ales, John (buried 1588), Anthony (born about
1568), Richard, Ann and Elizabeth. John left a will in 1588,
mentioning his sister Alice, brother Richard, sister Elizabeth, and
brother Anthony. (John is not our Edward's father.) Anthony (died
1646) and Mary (buried 1669) had children born in the 1590s and
early 1600s - Bartholomew (1593), Hales (1594), John (1597),
Anthonie (1599) and Mary. Leonard’s wife Elizabeth remarried to
Edmund Grevill, who left a will in 1603, mentioning his wife’s son
Anthony Woodhull, Richard Woodhull’s son Anthony, Marie, daughter of
Anthony, and Fowlck, Hales, and Anthony Woodhull, the other children
of Anthony, Edward Woodhull and his wife (too old to be our Edward),
Lawrence Woodhull, gent, and William Woodhull, gent. Anthony
Woodhull was made an executor for the will. (Anthony is not our
Edward's father.) Richard died in 1658, leaving a will in 1659,
mentioning his brother Mr. Anthony Woodhall his wife and children.
He did leave a bequest to "my base son twentie poundes to bind
him apprentice". (Richard is not our Edward's father.)
Richard's will mentions cousins Thomas Woodhall and Edward
Woodhall: "I give and bequeath to my cousin Thomas
Woodhall tenne pounds. And to my cosen Edward Woodhall twentie
shillings to buy him a ring." This last Edward is our Edward,
so was a "cousin" or relative to Richard.
2. Edward, mentioned in father's will of 1575, buried 1620
in Mollington, left a will in 1621, mentioning wife Katherine. He
had a son Thomas (christened in 1600), son Fulk (buried 1607), and
son Anthony (christened 1609). (Edward is not our Edward's father,
and his sons were born too late to be our Edward's father.)
3. William, christened 30 June 1568 in Mollington, mentioned
in father's will of 1575, and mother's will of 1590. He was not
married in 1575 in his father's will. His brother Thomas' will of
1594 mentioned William's five children, not named. William's
children are not found in the Mollington parish register, but
William Wodhull and Elene had two daughters christened in Thenford,
Northamptonshire - Alice (1594) and Margaret (1599). Possibly these
are this William's children. Mr. William Woodhull was buried 1
December 1612 in Mollington. William may be our Edward's father.
4. George, mentioned in father's will of 1575, married
Bridget Leeson, buried in 1587, leaving a will. The will mentioned
wife Bridget and daughter Alice. His executors were Edward and
Thomas Woodhull, likely his brothers. (George is not our Edward's
father.)
5. Thomas, mentioned in father's will of 1575, died in 1594,
leaving a will. The will mentioned wife Margaret, children Alice
(who married William Elkington), Elizabeth, Joan, Judith and
Bridget. (Thomas did not mention any sons in his will of 1594, and
is not our Edward's father.)
Fulke's will also mentioned daughters Frances (Sely), Bridgett,
Wawford (Isabel, she married Edward Wawford), Anne (married William
Oldener), Elizabeth (Butler) and Margaret (Norbury).
Fulke was really the first Woodhull ancestor of Mollington, and the
descendants of each of his sons have been traced as deeply as
possible. Thomas, George, and Edward each left wills, and Edward was
not listed as one of their children. Leonard died too early to be
Edward's father. None of his sons had children named Edward.
Leonard's son Richard does leave a bequest to his cousin Edward. It
seems likely that William was the father of our Edward Woodhull. It
is possible that Edward could have been the child of a more distant
relative outside Mollington, or the illegitimate child of one of
Fulke's daughters, but there is no indication of this. We know that
William had five children in mentioned in Thomas Woodhull's will in
1594, but unfortunately they were not listed by name. William died
in 1612 in Mollington, when Edward would have been a young man of
about seventeen years old. Edward married in 1619, and raised his
children in Mollington. Edward acted as a witness for Thomas
Woodhull's daughter Alice in 1640, and received a small bequest from
his cousin Richard, the son of Leonard Woodhull in 1659, so seems to
be quite connected with the Woodhull family of Mollington.
SOURCES: Mollington parish register; British History
Online - Mollington; Will of Foulke Wodhull of Mollington,
1575, Prerogative Court of Canterbury; Will of Alice Wodhull of
Mollington, 1590, Oxfordshire Peculiar Court; Will of Thomas
Wodhull, gentleman of Thenford, 1594, Prerogative Court of
Canterbury; will of George Woodhull of Mollington, 1587,
Oxfordshire Peculiar Court; will of John Woodhull of Mollington,
1588, Oxfordshire Peculiar Court; will of Edward Woodhull of
Mollington, 1621, Oxfordshire Peculiar Court; will of Anthony
Woodhull of Cropredy, 1662, Oxfordshire Peculiar Court;
www.findmypast.com.
FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF WILLIAM WOODHULL
William Woodhull was christened 30 June 1568 in Mollington, the son
of Fulke and Alice Woodhull.
Baptism record of William Woodhull of Mollington: "William Woodhull the sonne of Fulke Woodhull and ___ his
wife was bapt the xxxth of June"
William was mentioned in his father's will of
1574. William was very young and naturally unmarried at that
time: "Item I doo geve to my sonne Willim Wodhull threescore
poundes, wherof thirty poundes to be paid him, at the daye of
his marriage, and the other thirtye poundes at that daye
twelve moneth after. Also my will is that he the said Wilm
Wodhull to be ruled by his frendes in the chosinge of
his marriage."
William did marry, and his wife's name is not known. He was
mentioned in his mother's will of 1590: "I give unto William
Wodhull all such wood and coles as is lefte at my death
and the one halfe of my goodes that are left unbequeathed my
will is that William Wodhull Margaret Norbery and
Frannces Sely shall have to the use of theire children to be
equally devided between them." (Will of Alice Wodhull of
Mollington, 1590)
William was again listed in a document in 1591 titled: "Feoffment
by Anthony Woodhull and his wife Mary Woodhull to Edmund
Grevill regarding property in Mollington", which is
described: "Concerns Knock house and 1 yardland in
Mollington previously in the occupation of William Woodhull."(30 April 1591, Warwickshire County Record Office,
CR0457/57/2)
He is again mentioned in his brother Thomas' will in 1594: "I
give unto my brother William Wodhull all my apparelle"
and "I give unto every one of my brother William Wodhulls
children whoe ar in number fyve sixe shillinges eighte
pence". (Will of Thomas Woodhull of Mollington, 1594,
PCC)
Christening records for the children of William Woodhull are not
found in the Mollington parish register. There are two
christening records for the children of a William Woodhull in
Thenford, a parish about eight miles south of Mollington:
Alice, daughter of William Woodhull was christened 21
August 1594 in Thenford, Northhamptonshire
Margaret daughter of William Wodhull and Elene was
christened 22 April 1599 in Thenford
Possibly these are the children of our William Woodhull.
William was mentioned in the will of Edmund Grevill of
Mollington in 1604: "I give unto William Woodhall gent
thre shillinges foure pence". (Will of Edmund Grevill of
Mollington, 1604, PCC)
William died and was buried 1 December 1612 in Mollington.
Burial record of William Woodhull in Mollington: "Mr William Woodhull was buried the first day of
December 1612"
William and his wife had the following
children:
*1. Edward, born in about 1595 of Mollington;
married Mary Robins 26 November 1619 in Mollington.
SOURCES: Mollington parish register, Thenford parish
register; www.ancestry.com' will of Fulke Woodhull of
Mollington, 1575, Prerogative Court of Canterbury; will of
Alice Wodhull of Mollington, 1590, Oxfordshire Peculiar
Court; Will of Thomas Woodhull of
Mollington, 1594, Prerogative Court of Canterbury; Will
of Edmund Grevill of Mollington, 1604, Prerogative
Court of Canterbury; Feoffment by Anthony
Woodhull and his wife Mary Woodhull to Edmund Grevill
regarding property in Mollington, 30 April 1591,
Warwickshire County Record Office, CR0457/57/2.
FAMIILY GROUP RECORD OF FULKE WOODHULL AND ALICE WICKCLIFFE
Fulke Woodhull was the son of Lawrence Woodhull
and Alice Hall. He married Alice Wickcliffe. Alice was the
daughter of Henry Wickcliffe of Addington, Northamptonshire.
Fulke died in about 1575, leaving a will probated 16 May 1575.
Will of Fulke Woodhull of Mollington, 1575
In the name of God Amen And in the yere of
our Lord God a thowsand five hundred seaventye and foure, and
in upon the nineth daye of July , I Foulke Wodhull of
Molington in the countie of Oxford Gent, beinge sicke in
bodye but whole and perfect of memorye thankes be to God, doo
make this my last will and testament in manner and forme,
followinge. First I bequeth my soule unto Almightie God our
Heavenly Father of whom by the bloodeshedinge of our Saviour
Jesus Christ I trust to be saved, and my bodye to be buried in
the chappell of Molingeton. Item I doo geve to the reperacons
of the said chappell six shillinges eight pence. Item I
bequeth to Leonard Wodhull my sonne, this my mannor
howse of Molingeton with the appurtenances as after the
decease of my wiefe she in meane season to make no wast of
woode but only to shred and to have for the reparons. Item I
doo geve to my sonne Edward Wodhull the howse with
the appurtenances that he nowe dwelleth in to him & to the
heires males of the said Edward after the decease of my wife.
Item I doo geve to my sonne Willim Wodhull threescore
poundes, wherof thirty poundes to be paid him, at the daye of
his marriage, and the other thirtye poundes at that daye
twelve moneth after. Also my will is that he the said Wilm
Wodhull to be ruled by his frendes in the chosinge of
his marriage. Item I doo geve unto my sonne George Wodhull
three howses with the appurtenances unto them belonging as
namely the howses which Robins nowe dewlle with as also that
howse that Knight dwelleth in, and Thomas Gardner dwelleth in,
which three howses he the said George to enioye and have but
after the decease of my wiefe. Item I doo geve to my
daughter Franncis Wodhull fourtie poundes, wherof she
to have the one halfe at the daye of her marriage and the
other halfe that daye twelvemoneth after. Item I doo geve unto
my daughter Brigitt Wodhull the rent of five howses,
viz Knightes, Robins, Thomas Gardners, Thomas Heines, and
Tabreloyes the which rentes of the said howses she to have,
duringe the natural liefe of my said wiefe Alice Woodhull,
moreover I geve unto my daughter Brigitt threescore poundes
wherof she to have thirtye pouns of that at the daye of her
marriage, and the other thirtie pounde and that daye
twelvemoneth after. Also my will is that in the meane space,
until the she marrye, she to have her bord of tablinge with my
wiefe. Item I doo geve unto my daughter Wawford a
score of shepe the shepe to be paid her at Michlemas come
twelvemonethes. Item I doo geve unto my daughter, Anne
Oldener and her husband tenne pound the which I will to
be paide them by fourtye shillinges a yere, until the money be
come up. Item I geve unto my daughter Elizabeth Butler
tenne pounde my will is also she to have the same by fourtye
shillinges a yere until the money be come up. Item I doo
bequeth unto my daughter Margaret five pounde, the
said five pounde to be paide her within a yere after my
decease. Item I do geve unto my sonne Leonard his
children tenne shepe a peace, the shepe to be delivered them
at Hollyrod day next. Item I do geve unto my daughter
Elizabeth Butler her children tenne shepe a peace of the
store of my wyves bredinge, them to be paide as before. Item I
doo bequeth unto my sonne Thomas his children, everye
of them tenne shepe then to be paide. Item I doo geve unto my
daughter Margaretes hir children halfe a score of a
shepe a peace and them to be paide at Hollyrode daye next.
Item I doo geve unto my daughter Wanford her children,
namelye Edward and Judith either of them
tenne shepe and them to be delivered at Martlemas come twelve
monethes. I doo geve unto my brother Edmondes children
tenne shepe a peace, and they to be delivered at Martlemas
come twelvemoneth. I doo geve to Serlant servant, to Mr
Rawliffe a ewe shepe. Item I doo geve to everye of my sevantes
a chilver shepe. Item to my sone Leonard ij maides,
everie of them a chilver shepe. Item I geve to William
Abethell a shepe and twoo lambes. Item I doo geve unto Katheren
Wanford tenne pounde the which to be paide her at the
daye of her marriage and meane season my wiefe to have the
oversight of her. If God call my wiefe, then she to deliver
the stocke unto my sonne Leonard or Edward or lastly
to George the one of them, to keep until she marry.
Item I doo geve unto my brother Edmonde fortye
shillinges, the money to be paide him at Hollyrode next. I doo
geve to Robins, twentye shillinges and to Thomas Gardener
twentye shillinges they to have tenne shillinges a peace at
the daye of decease, and the other tenne shillinges that daye
halfe yere after. And I doo geve to Thomas Gardener twoo ewes
with the fleeces on them. Item my sister Marye is to
have as it for her legacie twoo kyne a breeder and tenne
shepe. And nowe on my beqest fortye shillinges wherefore my
will is that my wiefe to have stocke and kepinge of her, and
yf God call my wiefe, then my sonne Edward or els George
Wodhull to have her stocke and kepinge her duringe her
natural life. Item my will is that Mother Wickliffe to
have her sustenance table and kepinge at my wyves hand so
longe as my mother Wickcliff lyveth. Item will that
William Bendich to have his kepinge founde by the executors
both meate drincke and cloth so longe as holyveth. Item my
will is before sufficient wittnes that my wiefe not to
disalowe nor discharge at tenant now dwelling in anie my said
howses in Molington. Item I doo make thes my executors, my
wiefe Alice Wodhull and my sonne Edward Wodhull,
they to discharge this my will, they to bringe my bodye
honestly to the grounde, and then they to have all the rest of
my goodes unbequethed. Item I doo ordeine constistute and
appoint thes my oversears that this my will be performed, my
brother Edmonde Wodhull, and my sonne Leonard
Wodhull. Thus God be mercifull to me a sinner and so I
ende. Thes being witnesses of this my last will and testament,
Leonard Wodhull, Edward Wodhull, William
Wodhull, William Keye curat, Robert Grenewoode, Michael
Merike with others. By me Foulke Whoddhull
Alice died and was buried 26 February 1590 in Mollington.
Burial record of Alice Woodhull in Mollington: "Anno 1590 Ales Woodhull gent widow was buried the
xxvith Feburary"
Alice left a will proven in 1590.
Will of Alice Woodhull of Mollington, 1590
Testamentum Alicae Wodhull de Mollington,
1590
In the name of God Amen: I Alice Wodhull of
Mollington in the pishe of Cropready widowe beinge of
pfect minde and memory doe ordaine and make this my last will
and testament in manner and forme followinge, first I commit
my soule to Allmightie God and my body to be buried in the
church of Mollington aforesaide. Item I give unto the saide
church vjs viijd. Item I give to the poore of Mollington xs.
Item I give unto Edward Woodhull my best featherbed
and the best bedsteede with the boulster and pilowe and the
best hillinge. Item I give unto Elizabeth Butler xs.
Item I give unto hir twoee sonnes xxs. Item I give unto Mary
Haughton my best petticoate. Item I give unto Katherne
Collies my best hatt and my best gowne. Item I give Alice
Wodhull daughter of George Wodhull xs to be paide unto
hir at the age of xviij yeares. Item I give Franncis
Grevell the sonne of Edmund Grevell vs. Item I give Alice
Wodhull the daughter of Leonard Wodhull xs. Item I give
unto evrie one of Thomas Wodhulls daughters xs a
peece. I give unto evrie one of Thomas Wodhulls daughters
xs a peece. I give unto Edward Juell the sonne of John Juell
xs. I give unto evrie godchild xijd. I give unto Alice Wylkins
ijs vjd. I give unto John Gorstelow vs. Item my will is that
William Bendige shall have xli in mony and howsehould stuffe.
And my request is that my cosen Anthony Woodhull woulde
take the said porcon and to keepe him soe longe as he doth
live soe that he doth discharge my executor, and if he will
not take him with the saide porcon that then both the saide
William Bendige and his porconbe at the discrecon of my
executor the saide howsehoulde stuffe that shoulde be part of
the xli that William Bendige should have. Item my greate
brasse pott and my greate spit with a paire of forkes for the
spit and the greate stone for the cheesepresse with the iron
theireunto belonging a grete chest in the greate chamber and
the greate table in the parlor with the frame and the forms
heireunto belonginge. Item I give unto William Wodhull
all such wood and coles as is lefte at my death and the one
halfe of my goodes that are left unbequeathed my will is that
William Wodhull Margaret Norbery and Frannces Sely
shall have to the use of theire children to be equally
devided between them. Item I give all the rest of my goodes
unbequeathed to my sonne Edw Wodhull of Mollington
which I make my whole executor of this my last will and
testament, he pforming the same, my overseers I doe make Mr
Anthony Wodhull gent and Richard Gostelow.
Wittnesses John Gostelow Denies Wodhull Jone Yeape and
Frannces Wayet.
Fulke and Alice had the following children:
1. Leonard, had children Ales, John (buried 1588),
Anthony (born about 1568), Richard, Ann and Elizabeth; buried 7
April 1575 in Mollington.
2. Thomas, married Margaret; had children Alice (who
married William Elkington), Elizabeth, Joan, Judith and Bridget;
died 1594 in Mollington, leaving a will.
3. Edward, married Katherine; had a son Thomas
(christened in 1600), son Fulk (buried 1607), and son Anthony
(christened 1609); buried 1620 in Mollington, leaving a will.
*4. William, christened 30 June 1568 in Mollington; had
five children; buried 1 December 1612 in Mollington.
5. George, married Bridget Leeson; had daughter Alice;
buried in 1587, leaving a will.
6. Isabel, married Edward Wawford
7. Anne, married William Oldener
8. Elizabeth, married Mr. Butler
9. Margaret, married Mr. Norbery.
10. Frances, married Mr. Seeley.
SOURCES: Mollington parish register, will of Fulke
Woodhull of Mollington, 1575, Prerogative Court of Canterbury;
will of Alice Wodhull of Mollington, 1590, Oxfordshire
Peculiar Court); Mollington parish register; Will of
Thomas Wodhull, gentleman of Thenford, 1594, Prerogative Court
of Canterbury; will of George Woodhull of Mollington, 1587,
Oxfordshire Peculiar Court; will of John Woodhull of
Mollington, 1588, Oxfordshire Peculiar Court; will of Edward
Woodhull of Mollington, 1621, Oxfordshire Peculiar Court;
www.findmypast.com;The Elkinton Family in England
and America, Arthur Adams; Woodhull
Pedigree, Visitation of Oxfordshire 1574.
FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF LAWRENCE WOODHULL AND ALICE HALL
Lawrence Woodhull was the son of Fouke Woodhull and Anne
Newenham. He married Alice Hall, the daughter of Edmund Hall of
Swerford. He married next Margaret Lusher.
Lawrence died in about 1551, leaving a will: "This will is
dated 20 March 1549, and was proved 10 Sept. 1551, at
Northampton. He leaves 3/4 to the poor in Thenford and 4 d to
the Church in Peterboro. To his wife, Margaret, he leaves
£6:13: 4 in money, and a debt of £20 owed to him by her
father. He mentions his sons, Fulke, Edmund, Nicholas, John,
Crescent, and Francis, and daughters Agnes, Mary, Alice, Joan,
Jane, and Bridgett. He makes his son Fulke and Thomas Neyll,
Parson of Thenford, his executors, and makes his cousin Paul
Doryll, overseer." (The Elkinton Family in England and
America)
Lawrence had the following children:
*1. Fulke
2. Edmund
3. Nicholas
4. John
5. Crescent
6. Francis
7. Agnes
8. Mary
9. Alice
10. Joan
11. Jane
12. Bridget
Woodhull Pedigree, Visitation of Oxfordshire 1574
SOURCES:The Elkinton Family in England
and America, Arthur Adams; Visitation of Oxfordshire,
1574.
Woodhull Ancestors
Additional Woodhull ancestors were document in Magna
Carta Trails back to William Malet, one of the Magna Carta
Barons. William Elkington, the grandson of Alice Woodhull
Elkington is considered the gateway ancestor. Fulk Wodhull is in
a badged trail to Magna Carta surety baron William Malet
Lawrence Woodhull is the son of Fulk Woodhull and Anne
Newenham of Thenford.
Fulk is the son of John Wodhull, born 1459, married Anne
Newenham, daughter of William Newenham of Thenford. Their
sons were Nicholas, *Lawrence, and Thomas.
John is the son of Thomas Wodhull, born 1435, married Joan
Etwell, daughter of Henry Etwell of London, died 12
September 1490.
Thomas is the son of Thomas Wodhull, born 1411, married
Isabel Trussell, daughter of Sir William Trussell of
Elmsthorp, Leicestershire, died 5 August 1441.
Thomas is the son of Nicholas de Wodhull of Odell and
Pateshull Bedfordshire, born 1389, married Elizabeth
Chetwode, the daughter of Siir John Chetwode of Warkworth,
Northamptonshire; died March 1421.
Nicholas is the son of Nicholas de Wodhull (Note: This
entry has a note attached - Nicholas is the son of Nicholas
de Wodhull, not Thomas as in Richarsdon. The trail was
broken her in 2017, restored in 2020. (badged/re-reviewed
2020).
Nicholas is the son of John de Wahull
John is the son of Thomas de Wahull
Thomas is the son of John de Wahull
John is the son of Thomas de Wahull
Thomas is the son of John de Wahull
John is the son of Hawise de Vivonne
Hawise is the daughter of Mabel Malet
Mabel was the daughter of Magna Carta Surety William Malet
- "Mabel Malet, married firstly Nicholas Avenel and
secondly, before November 1223, Hugh de Vivonia (d.1249)
(alias de Forz) of Chewton, Somerset.: (www.wikipedia.com)
William Malet - "William Malet (born before
1175–1215), feudal baron of Curry Mallet in Somerset, was
one of the guarantors of Magna Carta. In 1190, he
accompanied King Richard the Lionheart on crusade. While
still on crusade in 1191, he took part in the Siege of
Acre. Upon returning to England, he served as Sheriff of
Somerset and Dorset in 1209. William Malet was one of the
rebel barons who were heavily indebted to King John. It is
believed that by 1214 he owed the king as much as £1333.
In 1214 he entered into an agreement to serve with the
king along with 10 knights and 20 other soldiers in
exchange for the cancellation of his debts. However, the
agreement broke down for an unknown reason and by 1215 he
joined the rebellion. William Malet seems to have
died just a few months after Magna Carta was executed by
King John." (www.wikipedia.com)
SOURCES: Magna Carta Ancestry, Douglas
Richardson, Bulkeley Genealogy, Rev. Peter Bulkeley; The
Elkinton Family in England and America, Arthur Adams; WikiTree
- George Elkington, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Elkington-8.
