2. William² Atte_Wode (Peter¹) reference FLJS-XG was born in Hooley House, Colsdon, Surrey, England about 1250. William died 1345 in England, at approximately 95 years of age.

He married Juliana . Juliana was born about 1274 in Sanderstead, Cour., Surrey, England. William Atte Wode, who in the year 1278 was in Coulsdon Parish as a yeoman and landowner. In 1318 they bought the estate known as Beckenham Kent, near Coulsdon. He became Sir William Attwood and was a Captain of the King's Guard. He had two sons, Geoffrey and Peter, who were both Sergeants at Arms to the King. William and his two sons accompanied the King, Edward II, to the French War, in which the French were defeated. Geoffrey lost his life in battle. Immense treasures were taken from the French to England, thereby enriching many of the common soldiers. In this way, Peter Atte Wood obtaining a great deal of wealth, which enabled him, on his return to England, to buy much acreage.

William Atte_Wode and Juliana had the following children:

• 3 i. Peter³ Atte_Wode was born in The Woods, Colsdon, Surrey, England about 1277. Peter died 26 August 1346 in Crecy-On-Ponthie, S., France, at approximately 69 years of age. Peter Atte Wood, Sr. bought the estates known as Sanderstead and Wodemersthorne, and in 1346 made an application for a private chapel at la Wode. It appears that in 1357 he lived at Coulsdon, also he was associated with William Wickham on the King's Commission, recorded in Rotalarum, and that he engaged in building at Windsor. Peter married _____ Laurence, and they had a son named Peter.

• + 4 ii. Peter Atte_Wode was born about 1321.

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