GEORGE WOODWARD, of Upton, Bucks

• Son of John Woodward and Margaret Bulstrode
• Birth: 1549, 1st s. of John Woodward by Margaret, da. of George Bulstrode of Hedgerley Bulstrode. educ. ?Eton 1561. m. (1) Katherine, da. of Thomas Woodford of Britwell, 3s.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of Robert Honywood of Charing, Kent, and Markshall, Essex, 3s. d.v.p. 9da. suc. fa. 1567.
• Christening: April 10 1549, Upton Cum Chalvey, Buckingham, England
• Clerk of the works, Windsor castle and steward of honour of Windsor from July 1579; receiver of the revenue in the Exchequer for the castle and honour by 1587.
• Death: January 30, 1598 (48) in Buckinghamshire, Suffolk, England
• Find A Grave Memorial

Will of George Woodward from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills in England

Married

• Married: (1) Alice Katherine Woodford, 10 Sep 1570 in St Peter-le-Poer London. Alice Katherine Woodford died on 23 Jun 1578 in labor + 7 child, daughter of Thomas Woodford of Britwell. Alice died Jun 23 1578 in Upton, Buckinhamshire, England.
• Married: (2) Elizabeth Honnywood on Dec 27 1579 in Saint Helen Bishopsgate, London, London, England.

Children with (1) Wife Alice Katherine Woodford

• Elizabethe Woodward, was born upon Wednesday the first daye of August 13, 1571 at 6:00 am In Upton, Buckinhamshire England and was christened 13 Aug 1571. She was buried 23 Jul 1580 in Upton, Buckinhamshire, England. Can only assume this Elizableth died young, as another Elizabeth was born to George Woodward and baptized 18? Jul 1581.
• Edward Woodward, was born Saturday the 6th of September 1572, in Upton, Buckinhamshire, England, between three and four of the clock am.
• Maria (Mary) Woodward, was born Sep 1573.
• George Woodward, was born upon Sundaye the eight of August 1574 in Upton, Buckinhamshire, England and was christened 12 Aug 1574.
• Thomas Woodward, was born upon Friday the 26th August 1575 in Upton, Buckinhamshire, England and was christened 29 Aug 1575. Thomas Elgeston appointed Edward Woodward Esq. and Thomas Woodward, a gentleman, as his executors, and called them 'my trustie and beloved brethren'. The will, dated 9 September 1605, was witnessed by four members of the Woodward family, and also by Elizabeth Stile, who came from the nearby village of Langley, suggesting the will was written at Upton, Buckinghamshire, and not at Winchelsea.
• Katherine Woodward, was born the 29th day of Septembe 1576
• John Woodward, was born upon the 27th August 1577
• Alice Woodward, one whereof my mother dyed in labour for Jun 23 1578

Children with (2) Wife Elisabeth Honywood

• Elizabeth Woodwrd, was born July 9th 1581
• Anne Woodward, was born upon Mondaye the 29th of Ocober 1582
• Henry Woodward, was born the 10th day of December 1583
• Robert Woodward, was born the11th day of April 1585
• Isaake Woodward, was born the 26th day of March 1586
• A NN daughter, which lived not to receive a name was borne June 25th 1587 - A child of Mr. Woodwards, b. a lyve but not christened, 25 Jun 1587.
• Sara Woodward, was born January 29th 1588
• Bridget Woodward, was born the 26th day of October 1590, married to George Liddall, gent., and had issue. Married (2) Thomas HENEAGE (Esq.)
• Margaret Woodward, was born the fifith daye of February 1592, married Jo. Albranham
• Rebecca Woodward, was born July 14 1593
• Rachell Woodward,was born the 11th of January 1594, married Charles Pulton, had issue
• George Woodward, was born sixth of April 1596
• Martha Woodward, was born the 10th of June 1597, married George Beacon a divine, and had issue

NOTE: In 1620, Robert Honywood, the son of Mary Waters, wrote a pedigree of the Bright family of Royton. states that Elizabeth and George had 13 children.

George Woodward, 1549 -1598, of Upton Bucks, by the History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603

Constituency Dates: NEW WINDSOR 1586

Family and Education

b. 1549, 1st s. of John Woodward by Margaret, da. of George Bulstrode of Hedgerley Bulstrode. educ. ?Eton 1561. m. (1) Katherine, da. of Thomas Woodford of Britwell, 3s.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of Robert Honywood of Charing, Kent, and Markshall, Essex, 3s. d.v.p. 9da. suc. fa. 1567.

Offices Held

Clerk of the works, Windsor castle and steward of honour of Windsor from July 1579; receiver of the revenue in the Exchequer for the castle and honour by 1587.

Biography

Woodward was returned for Windsor by virtue of his office at the castle. His religious sympathies probably lay with the puritans, who were strong at Windsor. On 18 Nov. 1586 he was one of the seven Members of the Commons who urged the necessity of the execution of the Queen of Scots, in reply to Queen Elizabeth’s plea that some other solution might be found; and he was added to the committee which was to confer with the Lords on this ‘great cause’. In his will, made 3 Jan. 1598, he renounced all other means of salvation save Christ, expressed confidence that he would be received into ‘the glory of eternal life’, and asked to be buried ‘without pomp’. His wealth still lay in the woods which had given his family its name. He instructed three trustees, of whom his brother-in-law Michael Heneage was one, to have 16 acres of trees felled in each of the 18 years following his death and to allocate the annual profits to his children, each in turn. Woodward was buried at Upton 30 Jan. 1598.

Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 131-2; Eton Coll. Reg. ed. Sterry, 377; PCC 28 Crymes, 37 Lewyn; N. and Q. (ser. 12), iv. 234; PRO Index 16774, f. 6; W. H. St. John Hope, Windsor Castle, 275-6; The King’s Works, iii. 414; Lansd. 55, f. 19; 106, f. 1; CPR, 1558-60, p. 108; D’Ewes, 403.

Ref Volumes: 1558-1603, by Author: Alan Harding

Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography Vol. IV, by Tyler, Lyon Gardiner

• https://archive.org/details/encyclopediavir07unkngoog
• Page 299

William James Woodward. History informs us that several persons bearing the name of Woodward suffered persecution among the Friends of England, and one of them, named Henry, died in prison. In Worcestershire we find the names of Joan, John, Richard and Thomas, all of whom suffered more or less for their religious opinions. From careful research we find that there appears to have been as many as five different settlements of those bearing the name of Woodward in the early colonization of this country. They settled in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia. Those of Maryland, in the counties of Anne Arundel and St. Mary's were found there among the earliest settlers, near St. Anne's chapel, which is supposed to be one of the earliest churches of the Episcopal denomination in America. The Woodwards of Virginia antedate all others of the early settlers. Henry Woodward came to Virginia in the ship "Diana," and was living at Hog Island, with Jane, his wife, in 1624. The Rev. James Bacon, of England, first cousin of Sir Francis Bacon, married Martha, a daughter of George Woodward, of Buckinghamshire, England, and had issue, Nathaniel, born 1620, died in 1692, member of council in Virginia, 1657; burgess of York, 1659; acting governor, 1689; this was not the rebel. During the reign of Charles, fifteen thousand families had been ruined for their religious persuasions, and on the accession of James, twelve hundred Friends were released from filthy prisons and noisome dungeons, in which five thousand had perished for conscience's sake. In 1690 grants of land were made in North Carolina to William and Samuel Woodward. In 1719, grants were made to Henry, James and Edward Woodward. We find other records as follows: Thomas Woodward, clerk of the assembly, in March, 1655 ; Thomas Woodward, of the Isle of Wight, in 1678; Thomas Woodward constituted sole surveyor of North Carolina, in 1662. Captain Henry Woodward was an active participant in the French and Indian wars, .... etc.

• HENEAGE, Thomas (1581-1641), of Gray's Inn, London and Battersea, Surr.
• b. 21 Jan. 1581, 1st s. of Michael Heneage† of Hoxton, Mdx. and Ulting Hall, Essex and Grace, da. and coh. of Robert Honywood of Charing, Kent. educ. G. Inn 1595. m. 17 May 1630, Bridget, da. of George Woodward† of Upton, Berks., wid. of Sir Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle, co. Dur., 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1600.1 d. 9 Aug. 1641.2 __________________
• Thomas HENEAGE (Esq.)
• Born: 21 Jan 1581, St. Catherine, London, Middlesex, England
• Died: 9 Aug 1641
• Father: Michael HENEAGE (Esq.)
• Mother: Grace HONYWOOD
• Married 1: ¿?
• Married 2: ¿?
• Married 3: Bridget WOODWARD (dau. of George Woodward and Elizabeth Honywood) 17 May 1630, All Hallows Wall, London, Middlesex, England
• Children:
  • 1. Michael HENEAGE (Sir)
  • 2. Elizabeth HENEAGE
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HENEAGE.htm#Thomas HENEAGE (Esq.)1 ______________________
• WOODWARD, Thomas (c.1580-1624), of Peascod Street, New Windsor, Berks. and Lincoln's Inn, London
• b. c.1580, 3rd s. of George Woodward† (d.1598) of Upton, Bucks. and Katherine, da. of Thomas Woodford of Britwell Place, Burnham, Bucks. educ. ?Eton 1589-93; Clare, Camb. c.1593; L. Inn 1597, called 1605. m. Bridget, s.p.1 d. bet. 23 Aug. and 1 Sept. 1624.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/wo... _________________________
• EGLESTON, Thomas (c.1557-c.1608), of Winchelsea, Suss.
• b. c.1557, 1st s. of William Egleston† of Winchelsea by Margaret, da. of James Blenchendon of Kent. m. (1) Susan ?Hales, at least 1 da.; (2) aft. Feb. 1595, Mary, 7th da. of George Woodward of Upton, Bucks., at least 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1579.1
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/eg... ________________________
• EGLESTON, Thomas (1557-1608), of Winchelsea, Suss.
• bap. 2 Nov. 1557, 1st s. of William Egleston of Winchelsea and his w. Margaret, da. of James Blechendon of Aldington, Kent.1 m. (1) Susan (d.1595), da. of Humphrey Hales of the Dungeon, Kent, at least 1da.;2 (2) Mary, da. of George Woodward† of Upton, Bucks., at least 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1579. d. by 14 June 1608.3
• Offices Held
  • Freeman, Winchelsea 1585, jurat 1585-?d., auditor, chamberlain’s accts. 1586,4 dep. mayor 1589, 1596, mayor 1589-91, 1593-5, 1596-7;5 dep. for Winchelsea, Brotherhood of the Cinque Ports 1586-9, 1593-7, 1600-2, Guestling 1594, 1598-1601, bailiff to Great Yarmouth, Norf. 1595-6, auditor to the Guestling 1600-1.6

Links

• https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29951788

Sources

• The Topographer and genealogist - v. 1 (1846)
• Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 131-2; Eton Coll. Reg. ed. Sterry, 377; PCC 28 Crymes, 37 Lewyn; N. and Q. (ser. 12), iv. 234; PRO Index 16774, f. 6; W. H. St. John Hope, Windsor Castle, 275-6; The King’s Works, iii. 414; Lansd. 55, f. 19; 106, f. 1; CPR, 1558-60, p. 108; D’Ewes, 403.