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- RICHARD MOODY of Moulton, Suffolk, England, yeoman, whose will was dated Jan. 14, and proved Feb. 2, 1572/3, is the earliest Moody from whom the descent of the family has been proved. He died April 28, 1574, and was buried the same day at Moulton. His wife, ANN, survived him and m. (2) at Moulton, Sept. 6, 1574, Edward Colt, Gentleman. She was buried at Moulton, March 14, 1576/7, and Edward Colt married again at Moulton, Aug 20, 1579, Mary MARIS (?).
Richard Moody was in Moulton by 1558 and purchased lands there in 1562 and lands in Gazeley Parish, two miles east of Moulton, in 1572. He acquired a considerable landed estate in Western Suffolk and lived in a house called Fryette's in Moulton, which he bought from the executors of Roger Fryette. He owned a flock of 400 sheep at Isleham, Cambridgeshire. He made two wills, one Jan. 14 and the other Feb. 2, 1572/3. Under both wills the house called Fryette's was to go to his wife Ann and under the second will she was to have it only for life, the remainder to the eldest son George. On April 25, 1574, only three days before his death, Richard Moody added to the earlier will, strangely enough, a codicil, and on April 30, 1574, two days after his death, the first will was proved with the codicil. In June 1574, Ann Moody, the widow, brought forward the second will and on the 10th of June the Court decided that this second will was the valid one and administration was granted to the widow June 16, 1574.
For the children of Richard Moody see N.E.H.&G. Reg.80:323. His second child and oldest son was:
2. GEORGE MOODY, b. ca 1559
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