Peter de Wyckhurst

  General Notes:

It is merely assumed William was the son of Peter de Wyckhurst. He was the first one in Surrey to carry the name "Atte Wode". The name "Wyckhurst" translated wouldmean "house of Wood", and in later years the owners of "TheHooley House" were "Atte Wodes".

The Hooley House estate was purchased in 1203 by Peter de Wyckhurst from the Abbey of Chertsey. William being an adult in 1278 probably with several years of maturity would be in the correct generation to be a son of Peter Wyckhurst. ⁸¹

  Information about this person:

• Dates & Events. ⁸¹
Peter bought the Abbey of Chertsey, the acre Estate in Coulsdon Parish, Country surrey, now know as Hooley House.

• Family Background. ⁹⁶
In the History of the Atwood Family. it claims that the first Attewode was named Michael Attewode who lived in Worcestershire county in 1203. It futher states that a descendant of William, named Peter Attewode made his home in the country with his wife Alice. He had a son named William who lived in 1318 at Breckenham with his wife Juliana. In 1341, Sir William Atwood was Captain of the King's Guard at Westminister Palace. Two of his sons, Richard and William, were Segeants at Arms to the King, and in the invation of Frace. In 1345, Geoffrey Attewode, a son of Sir William fell at the Battle of Crecy.

~History of the Atwood Family, p. 2