'Northwood2'
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Families covered: Northwood of Chilston, Northwood (Norwood) of Dane Court, Norwood of Astwood Bury, Norwood of Wykeham
| BLG1863 identifies the arms of this family as "Ermine, a cross, engr.., gu.". It reports early generations of this family, supporting what is shown on Northwood1, It refers to a number of members of the family who descended from John de Northwood, son of the James who married Margaret Cralle, but does not identify exactly how they were connected. It starts its connected pedigree with ... | |||||||||||||||
| John Norwood of Boughton-under-Blean (d 03.1661) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (27.11.1627) Sarah Shrubsoll | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Edward Norwood (b 03.1636, d 03.1693) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Gilbert (dau of Henry Gilbert of Vetham) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Norwood (b 1664, d 19.11.1735) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.10.1696) Mary Marshman (dau of Peter Marshman of Canterbury) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Edward Norwood (b 20.03.1709, d 05.03.1789, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.11.1740) Anne Weller (dau/heir of Edward Weller of Faversham) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | George Norwood (b 22.01.1742, d unm 30.12.1818) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Edward Norwood (b 12.08.1745, d 02.07.1831, Rector of Sevington) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (30.10.1777) Sarah Young (dau of Peter Young of Ashford) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (19.04.1796) Mary Cobb (dsp, dau of Benjamin Cobb of New Romney) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | John Norwood (b 09.04.1748, d 15.03.1823) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.01.1774) Elizabeth Clarke (dau/heir of John Clarke of Woodchurch) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Weller Norwood (b 02.04.1777, d 24.07.1850) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (20.12.1804) Sarah Walter (dsps, 14.09.1805, dau of J.A. Walter of Marden) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (08.08.1807) Mary Whitnall (dau of Robert Whitnall of Milton) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Edward Norwood 'of Dover' (b 24.06.1779, d 03.11.1833) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (10.06.1819) Mary Ann Pilcher (d 12.04.1822, dau of John Pilcher of River) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (22.06.1826) Elizabeth Dobreé (dau of Peter Dobreé of Clapham Common & Beauregard) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Charles Norwood (b 20.01.1792, d 18.11.1836, youngest son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.09.1824) Catherine Morgan (dau of Charles Morgan of Archangel in Russia) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Anne Norwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.09.1818) George Norwood (Rector of Mersham, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - John (b 5.04.1785, d unm 12.11.18**), Francis (b 25.08.1788, d unm 03.03.1825), Elizabeth, Bridget (d unm 05.08.1840) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Francis Norwood (b 20.06.1756, dsp 21.03.1842) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.10.1794) Elizabeth Thurston (dau of Thomas Thurston of Willesborough) | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue (d unm) - Peter (b 17.12.1700, d 27.04.1740), John (b 09.07.1714, d 31.01.1733) | ||||||||||||||
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| MGH identifies the arms of this family as "Ermine, a cross engrailed gules, a crescent for cadency". | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Northwood alias Norwood of Middlesex | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Norwood of Harrow-on-the-Hill (Middlesex), later of Astwood Bury in Astwood, Buckinghamshire (a 1540) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Norwood (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Robert Norwood of Astwood Bury | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Monox (dau of Richard Monox of Lincoln) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - John, Thomas, Benedict | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Ellen Warner (dau of Thomas Warner of Middlesex) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | John Norwood of Astwood Bury (youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Tyringham (dau of Thomas Tyringham of Tyringham (by Petronilla, sister of Sir John Goodwin of Over Winchingdon), sister of Sir Anthohny of Tyringham) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Tyringham Norwood, last of Astwood Bury, later of Wykeham Manor in Spalding, Lincolnshire (b c1588, d 16.09.1629) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Boteler (bur 21.08.1633, dau of Sir Henry Boteler (Butler) of Hatfield Woodhall, half-sister of John, Baron Butler of Brantfield) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Nicholas Norwood of Wykeham Manor and of Poynton Hall in Frieston, Lincolnshire (d before 14.04.1647, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Charles Norwood (b c1619, d before 22.01.1655-6, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.08.1646) Bridge Rands (bpt 09.07.1622, bur 16.08.1682, dau (by Katherine, dau of Thomas Mountford of Feltwell) of Christopher Rands of Burton (grandson of Henry, Bishop of Lincoln), m2. Matthias Browne of Borbling, m3. Rev. Walter Slye of Dosthorpe) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Frances Norwood (bur 27.12.1632) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Harrington of Wykeham Manor (son of Sir James of Ridlington, 1st Bart, by Frances Sapcotts) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Anne Norwood (bur 24.04.1681) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.09.1639) Robert Ram (bur 04.05.1647, minister of Spalding) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - John (bpt/bur 12.08.1640), Anne (bpt 17.04.1642), Ellen (bpt 03.08.1645) | ||||||||||||||
| e. | Alice Norwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. Andrew Grave of Mile End Green, Lincoln | |||||||||||||||
| f.+ | other issue - Anthony, Henry, John, Thomas (dsp), Edmund, Robert, Samuel, Ellen, Margaret, Grissell | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Edward or Edmund Norwood of Coginhoe, Northamptonshire (a 12.1613) | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Elizabeth Norwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Knowlinge of Oxfordshire | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Alyce Norwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Cole of Heston | |||||||||||||||
| F.+ | other issue - Thomas, William, Nicholas, Agnes | ||||||||||||||
| m3. Johan Warner (dau of John Warner of Langley, m1. _ Taylor of Harrow) | |||||||||||||||
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| Richard Northwood or Norwood, 1st of Dane Court in Thanet, Kent (d c1528) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Alexander Northwood (Norwood) of Dane Court (a 1557) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Alexander Northwood (Norwood) of Dane Court (d c1583) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joanna/Joan Kempe (widow of Roger Howlett of Margate) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Joseph Norwood (Northwood) of St. John's, Isle of Thanet | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by Visitation (Sir George Armytage (1906), Kent, 1663-68, 'Norwood'). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Naylor of Rennil | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Benjamin Norwood of Postling, Kent (d 1662) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Amy Woodland (dau of John Woodland of Horton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Joseph Norwood of Postling (a 1663) | ||||||||||||||
| ii/iii. | Manasses Northwood (Norwood) of Chilston in Boughton Malherb (b c1564, d 03.1636) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Badcock (a 1636, dau of Richard Badcock of Rochester) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Richard Northwood of Chilston (d before 08.01.1645) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Cleybrooke (dau of Paul Cleybrooke (Brook) of Nash Court) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Alexander Northwood (a 1644) | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? (d 1706) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Northwood of Hengrove (a 1644) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Paul Northwood, last of Dane Court (a 1666) | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Mary Northwood (a 1644) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.04.1640) Sir Anthony St. Leger (possibly son of Sir Anthony by Mary Scott) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue (a 1644) - Warham, Antony possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Mary Northwood (d 1676/7) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (William Dulling 'of Gillingham' (son of John)ß | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (29.09.1634) Thomas Stanley of Hamptons (bpt 05.02.1581, d before 04.04.1669) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Sara Northwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Cleybrooke | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Susanna Northwood | ||||||||||||||
| iii/ii. | Alexander Northwood (Norwood) of St. Pet, Thanet (d c1614) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (div?) Rebecca (a 1614, m2. _ Stafford?) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue (a 1614) - Edward, William, Thomas | ||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | 3 daus | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 09.09.21) : BLG1863 ('Norwood of Kent')
(2) For middle section (uploaded 09.09.21) : MGH (NS4 vol 3 (1910), Part 1V (December 1908), 'Pedigree of Norwood of Wykeham in the parish of Spalding, co. Lincoln', p175+) with some support from 'Lincolnshire Pedigrees' (Maddison, 1903, 'Norwood')
(3) For lower section (uploaded 07.06.25) : 'Norwood' (schedule, identifying sources which included Visitation (Kent, 1619, 'Northwood'), kindly prepared by a regular contributor (CV, 31.05.25)
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