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Places

Warwickshire

Wootten Wawen
The Manor of Fulwood in Warwickshire was part of the large Parish of Wootten Wawen. It was located close to the village of Tanworth-in-Arden and the former country retreat of the Archer family at Umberslade Hall.

Clay Hall, the ancestral home of the FULWOOD family, was built on Fulwood Manor land near to Tanworth-in-Arden. Fulllwood's have lived in this area for centuries and according to Burman (historian), was a family only second in importance to the Archers of Umberslade Hall. Unfortunately, by the late 16th century Clay Hall had been sold and the Hall completely demolished.

Tanworth-in-Arden
In 1346 Robert Fulwood was Vicar of Tanworth-in-Arden Church - St. Mary Magdelen. The following photographs are of the Church Entrance and
Stained Glass Window. Inside the Church is a Mediaeval Brass Plaque referencing Richard Fulwood and the FULLWOOD Coat of Arms.

Up till the latter part of Queen Elizabeth's I reign (until the 1580's) Fulwood's had been prominent in the Tanworth-in-Arden community.  The Fulwode's continued to hold on to their Manor from the Mountforts (Montforts) until the male heirs of this branch of the family failed. Their land then reverted to the Earldom of Warwick, the overlords of the rest of Tanworth-in-Arden. 

Although the Tanworth branch of Fullwood's had died out by the early 1600's, Fullwood's continued to live in the Aston Cantlow, Little and Great Alne areas.

Aston Cantlow
This village is where several Fullwood families lived. John FULLWOOD and Mary HILL married (1561) at Aston Cantlow. But notably, it is believed John Shakespeare and Mary Arden the parents of William Shakespeare, were also married here at Aston Cantlow Church. Aston Cantlow's medieval Guild Hall is shown here.

Clay or Clae Hall - Fullwood Manor
Clay Hall, the ancestral home of the FULWOOD's was demolished in the late 16th century. There are two possible sites for its location, all near to Umberslade and Tanworth. Unfortunately, a drawing of what the building looked like is not available. Other places which were occupied by Fulwood's are Forde Hall and Sidenhall (Sydenhalle).

All that remains of Forde Hall is the moat surrounding the property and at Sidenhall there is a Farm House of that name. This is the estate which William Fulwode acquired through marrying the last of the Sidenhalls in 1331.

Forde Hall - Aspley Manor
This manor, granted to Roger de la Forde of Aspley in 1282, was part of Wootten Wawen Parish. In the late 16th century, Forde Hall and Aspley was inherited by John Fulwood (junior) from his father John and before him, from John (senior) his father.

John Fulwood (senior) acquired the Forde Hall estate which subsequently became part of Ullenhall Parish by marriage (c. 1535) to Joan Heath, on the death of his father-in-law, Baldwin Heath.

After John Fulwood's (junior) death and with no male heir, Forde Hall passed to his daughter, Grace Fulwood. Grace Fullwood married Angel Gray at St. Martin's in the Fields, Westminster, London in 1633.

Longdon Hall - Solihull
Longdon Hall, Solihull, was John Fulwood's (junior) second inherited estate through his marriage to Katherine Dabridgecourt of Solihull. Burman's History of Warwickshire indicates on John's (junior) death his sister Frances Fulwood who had married William Noel inherited Longdon Hall. Burman adds Longdon Hall subsequently descends to Lord Byron, poet, by his marriage to the daughter of Sir Ralph Millbanke Noel.

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