HODY, Alexander (c.1403-61), of West Bower, Som.

Family and Education

b. c. 1403, Reg. Bekynton, ii (Som. Rec. Soc. l), 1637. yr. s. of Thomas Hody (d.1442), of Kington Magna, Dorset, ?by Margaret, da. of John Cole of Nethway, Devon; yr. bro. of John*. The exact nature of Margaret’s descent from the Cole family is uncertain, but she cannot have been a daughter of John Cole I*, who was born only in about 1376: The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 627; iii. 384; C140/4/34; M. Cherry, ‘Crown and Political Community, Devon’ (Univ. of Wales,Swansea Ph.D. thesis, 1981), 342; J. Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 233. educ. M. Temple. KB9/941/4d, 6d. m. Margaret (d. 1 Sept. 1489), da. and h. of John Coker of West Bower, Although a bill of complaint in the Luttrell archive (H.C. Maxwell-Lyte, Hist. Dunster and Fams. Mohun and Luttrell, 120) describes Thomas Bratton as Alexander Hody’s father-in-law, Margaret’s parentage is confirmed by CIPM Hen. VII, i. 652. There is no other evidence of an earlier marriage to a Bratton. s.p. Kntd. Wakefield 30 Dec. 1460. W.A. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 13.

Offices Held

Commr. of gaol delivery, Ilchester May 1430, May 1440, Sept. 1441 (q.), Ilchester, Dorchester May 1442, Ilchester Oct. 1442, Bath Nov. 1451 (q.); C66/446, m. 5d; 451, m. 39d; 452, m. 6d; 455, m. 35d; 474, m. 21d. oyer and terminer, Som. June 1432, Apr. 1452, Cornw., Devon, Som. June 1460, Essex, Herts., Kent, Mdx., Surrey, Suss. June 1460; inquiry, Som. Feb. 1435 (breach of statutes relating to exports), July 1440 (concealments), Feb. 1441, June 1443, Jan. 1444 (piracy), Bristol Feb. 1448 (concealments), Som. Aug. 1452 (grant to Wells cathedral), Bristol, Bridgwater, Dorset, Gloucester, Som. Aug. 1458 (piracy); to distribute tax allowances, Som. May 1437, Mar. 1442, June 1445, July 1446, Aug. 1449; treat for loans Nov. 1440, Mar., May, Aug. 1442, Sept. 1449, Dorset, Som., Wilts. Dec. 1452, Som. Apr. 1454, May 1455; PPC, vi. 241. This last comm. is not known to have ever been carried out: H. Kleineke, ‘Comm. de Mutuo Faciendo’, EHR, cxvi. 8. treat for payment of subsidies, Som. Feb. 1441; of array Mar. 1443, Dorset, Som., Wilts. Sept. 1457, Som. Sept. 1458, Dec. 1459; sewers June 1455; to assign archers Dec. 1457; take an inquisition post mortem Oct. 1458.

Escheator, Som. and Dorset 23 Nov. 1436–7.

J.p.q. Som. 23 Mar. 1439 – Mar. 1461.

Steward of Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury, at Somerton, Som. by Mich. 1443. Carts. Muchelney and Athelney Abbeys (Som. Rec. Soc. xiv), 197.

Bp. Waynflete’s dep. constable of Taunton castle 16 Nov. 1456–60. Hants RO, bp. of Winchester’s pipe rolls, 11M59/B1/192–3 (formerly 155827–8).

Parlimentarian

HODY, Alexander (c.1403-61), of West Bower, Som.

Main residence: West Bower, Som.

Hodey, Houdye

Author

H.W.K.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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