ohn² Hodsoll owned land at Ash and Stansted, Kent, as proved by the will of his son, John³ Hodsoll, and the i.p.m. of the latter (Sussex Arch. Collections, LX, pp. 53-64). It is evident that he descended from John Hodsoll the younger who, with his wife Margaret, were deforciants in a fine dated 8 R II (1384) concerning lands at Kemsing and Stansted. He made his will in January 1423/4 (proved the following month, P.C.C. 20 Luffnam), naming his son, William, the testator's wife, Margaret, and leaving legacies to the churches at Stansted and Kemsing, desiring to be buried in the church at Ash. These Hodsolls seem to have descended from Thomas de Hodsoll or Clement de Hodsoll, who are named in the lay subsidy of Kent, 12 E III (1338). De Banco Rolls of seven years later show that Otto de Grandison by his attorney sued Roger, son of Clement de Hodesole, and Thomas, brother of Roger, re the fee of Otto at Esshe (perhaps Ash, supra).

These Hodsolls used from very early times a seal "azure, three stone wells argent, two and one," evidently alluding to their connection with a place called Holywell. [The American Genealogist 37, 1961]

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