Click on coat of arms to go to an excellent article on the Nodes by Anthony J Camp

Nodes Family

At the time of the dissolution of the monasteries in 1542 under Henry VIII, George Nodes was apparently the tenant farmer for Shephall.  He had led a very interesting life as his brass in Shephall Church reveals.  He was Master of Buckhounds to Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.  When he died in 1564 a brass plaque was erected in Shephall church with a space available for details of his wife, she outlived him by 18 years but these details were never inscribed on the brass.

138 years after the death of of his great great grandfather's brother, yet another George Nodes signs a lease for the Swan Inn in Stevenage in 1706.

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