Name: Col William Codd
Born: 1604
Place: Pelicans, Wateringbury, Kent, England
Died: 1653
Buried:
Married: 27 Nov 1632
Place: Lenham Parish, Kent, England
Marriage
Evidently, this was William's second marriage. From London Marriage
Licences, 1521-1869, Joseph Foster, 1887:
Codd, William, of Pelicans, parish of Wateringbury, co. Kent, esq., widower,
about 28, and Mary St. Leger, spinster, about 19, daughter of Sir Warham
St. Leger, late of Ulcombe, said county, knight, with consent of her
mother, Dame Mary St Leger, of Lenham, said county, widow—at Lenham or
Ulcombe aforesaid. 27 Nov. 1632. F.
Will of William Codd of Pelicans
I've transcribed William's will from Virginia Gleanings in England,
Lothrop Withington. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland,
1980.
William Codd, of Pelicans in the parish of Watringbury, county
Kent, esquire.
Will 16 December 1652; proved 25 July 1653.
My body (my soul being thence departed) I commend to the earth. whereof it
was made. desiring that the interring thereof may be in decent and
Christian like manner. agreeable to the usage of the protestant church of
England, in some convenient place in the body of the church or chancel of
Waterbury [sic] aforesaid. I give to the poor of the parish 40s. To my
sister Anne Ayhurst, 20s, to buy her a ring. I forgive my sister Elizabeth
Polhill. widow, £20, parcel of a greater debt which she oweth unto me
upon several bonds. upon condition she shall within 2 months after request
made pay the remaining part thereof. I give to Mary, me beloved wife (she
taken upon her the execution of this my will). one moiety of all my plate
and household stuff. The rest of all my goods I bequeath to my six
daughters, viz., Mary, Barbara, Deborah, Katherine, Elizabeth and Anne, and
to such daughter as may hereafter be born to me, towards the raising and
increasing their portions., their shares being paid to each at their several
ages of 18 or days of marriage. I desire my loving kinsman William Dixon,
esquire, to be overseer of this my will, and I set over to him all my
interest in the lands or estate of James Perry, gentleman, my deceased
kinsman, and I commend unto the said William Dixon the education and
bringing up of Katherine Perrey [sic] and Mary Perry, two of the daughters
of the same James Perry, and of Katherine Perry, niece of the same James
Perry. As touching the disposition and settling of all my lands and
tenements, I give unto my said daughters all my messuages and lands in East
Malling, and my messuage and lands at or a place called Redhill in
Watringbury, aforesaid, and in Teston in the said county now in the tenure
of Thomas Rolfe, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies in equal
parts and portions. I give to my eldest son Seintleger
Codd all my lands called Parke Lands and Churchgate Field alias East
Field [later called West Field] in Watringbury, and my lands in Lenham and
Witchling, commonly called Evells Landes, late the lands of John Parkhurst,
gent., deceased, in tail; with remainder, in default of issue to him, to my
sons Anthony and Rowland, and my right heirs for ever. To my second son
Anthony, my messuage and lands which I lately purchased of John Pattenden,
in Nettlestead. county Kent. My wife and overseer aforenamed shall have
the letting of the said lands, and take the profits thereof, till each of my
daughters shall have received toward their portions two years' rent of the
premises. In witness thereof I have written these with my own hand, and set
my seal and subscribed my name unto each sheet hereof, being two in number.
(signed) William Codd. Witnesses: Alexander Culpeper, Hen: Wood. John
Leversidge. Proved by the exectrix named. (In the margin is a receipt by
Chr. Crispe for the original will to the use of the executrix, 10 August
1853) Brent, 120.
I've extracted the following data from four wills. The above William Codd
is bottom, right. It's entirely possible that the niece of "deceased
kinsman" James Perry, mentioned in William's will, was the daughter of
Thomas and Katherine (Codd) Perry. It's also well worth noting that the
gaurdianship of the elder William's children would be given to Thomas Perri
should his wife, Hester, not survive. It's rather clear, then, that there
was a relationship between the William Codd and the James Codd families,
however vaguely stated. The claim that our William was the son of James
appears to be unfounded.
Agnes Codd
Mentioned in James Codd's will as mother.
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James Codd
*Will proved 1611*
eldest son William Codd
wife Constance
second son Richard Codd
youngest son Henrie Codd
dau Jane Codd
dau Anne [Wood]
dau Bridgett Codd
mother Agnes Codd
bother Thomas Codd
sister Katherine Perry
cousin Julyan Charleton
brothers [in-law?]:
Thomas Perry,
"Shemaia" Selhurst,
Lawrence Mansfield,
Henry Wood &
John Ashenden, Scr
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Thomas Codd
Mentioned in James Codd's will as brother.
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William Codd
*Will proved 1607*
wife Hester
son William Codd
dau Hester
Thomas Perri, gent of Leneham
dau Elizabeth
wife's brother John Lampord
unborn child:
Robert or Anne
Supervisors:
Thomas Perri,
John Lamport and
Thomas Ayarste
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Katherine (Codd) Perry
Mentioned in James Codd's will as sister.
Probably married to Thomas Perry who is mentioned in
wills of James and William (elder) Codd.
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William Codd
*Will dated 1652*
late aunt Katherine Pery
wife Debora
niece Elizabeth Wood
sister Anne, late wife of Robert Wood
son James Codd
godson St Leger Codd, son of
kinsman William Codd
sister Jane Codd
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Anne (Codd) Wood
Mentioned in William Codd's will sister. Married Robert Wood.
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William Codd
*Will proved 1653*
wife Mary [St Leger]
sister Anne Ayhurst
sister Elizabeth Polhill
dau Mary
dau Barbara
dau Deborah
dau Katherine
dau Elizabeth
dau Anne
kinsman William Dixon
dec'd kin James Perry
James Perry's dau Katherine
James Perry's dau Mary
James Perry's niece Katherine Perry
eldest son Seintleger Codd
son Anthony Codd
son Rowland Codd
Witnesses:
Alexander Culpepper,
Hen. Wood and
John Leversidge
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