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Thomas Attwod - Knight Family History and Genealogy"On Monday, May 12th 1806, he (Thomas Attwood) then being not quite 23 years of age,married, at Harborne Church, the daughter of Mr.Carless, a wealthy resident of that village; the lady's brother, who was Rector of Woolstanton, Staffordshire, being the officiating clergyman."
From "The Attwood Family" by John Robinson (1903)

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Thomas Attwood and Elizabeth Carless - Knight Family History and GenealogyDouble Dippers
Elizabeth's parents were first cousins. All her descendants have two lines back to Richard Knight, except:
1) descendants of  Charles Edward Shackle and Alice Rowena Attwood Barnes who were first cousins. Their descendants have four lines back to Richard Knight.
2) descendants of  Harold Freeman and Alice Mary Wakefield who were second cousins. Their descendants have four lines back to Richard Knight.
(see Freeman Line)
St Leonards Church, Bilston - Knight Family History and GenealogyThe Death of Edward Carless
Notes from the burial register St Leonard's Church, Bilston, 1754.
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Attwood Freeman (Burke's)

THOMAS ATTWOOD; born at Hawne House, 6 Oct 1783, inherited a partnership in the banking house of Attwood & Spooner, and became the promoter of the Reform Bill of 1832, and founder of Political Unions, High Bailiff of Birmingham 1811, the first rep. in Parl(y) for that borough 1832, and was elected in that year an Hon Freeman of City of London in recognition of his efforts on behalf of Parl(y) reform; married 1st, Elizabeth (died 26 April, 1840), daughter of William Carless, of Birmingham, and of Harborne, Staffs, Master Extraordinary in Chancery, and sister and elder of the two eventual co-heiresses of Rev Edward Carless, MA, of Wolstanton, Staffs, and had issue.

The Spooners were also descendants of Richard Knight.... Wombat
1-Elizabeth Carless b. 7 Oct 1784, Harborne, Stafford, England, c. 17 Jul 1785, Harborne, Stafford, England, d. 26 Apr 
1840
+Thomas Attwood b. 6 Oct 1783, Hawne House, d. 6 Mar 1856, m. 12 May 1806, Harborne, Stafford, England
2-George De Bosco Attwood b. 15 Mar 1808, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, c. 16 Mar 1808, St John, Deritend
And Bordesley, Warwick, England, d. 24 Apr 1855
+Mary Medley b. Abt 1805, London, England, m. 31 Dec 1835, par. William Medley and Mary Shackle
3-Violet Mary Elizabeth Attwood b. 15 Nov 1836, London, England, c. 7 Oct 1837, Harborne, Stafford,
England, d. Q4 1869, London
3-Agnes Mansfield Attwood b. Q4 1842, Kensington, London, England, d. 2 Nov 1877, Oswestry
+Alfred Homfray b. Abt 1833, Halesowen, Worcestershire, England, d. 10 Mar 1920, m. 11 Aug 1870,
Brentford, London, England
4-Rowena Mary Homfray b. Q4 1873, Droitwich, Worcestershire, England, d. Q1 1888, Kidderminster,
Worcestershire, England
4-Richard Papkin Homfray b. Abt 1876, Llanyblodwel, Shropshire, England
4-Alice Gwendoline Homfray b. Q1 1877, Llanyblodwel, Shropshire, England, d. Q4 1892, Kidderminster,
Worcestershire, England
3-Rowena Fanny Maria Attwood b. Q2 1844, London, England, d. 13 Mar 1878, Watford, Hertfordshire, England
+Charles Augustus Barnes b. Abt 1831, Farringdon, Berkshire, England, d. 27 Jan 1912, m. 10 Apr 1877,
Kensington, London, England, par. John Barnes and Sarah Medley
4-Alice Rowena Attwood Barnes b. 5 Mar 1878, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, England, d. 2 May 1944,
Harlington, Middlesex, England
+Charles Edward Shackle b. 4 Jan 1875, Harlington, Middlesex, England, d. 28 Jan 1960, Castle Cary,
England, m. 18 Oct 1900, Harlington, Middlesex, England, par. Charles William Shackle and Rosamond
Attwood
5-Charles Richard (Dick) Shackle b. 1901, d. 1958
+Marjorie Eileen Morris
6-Charles Philip (Philip) Shackle b. 1930, d. 2004, Shipton under Wychwood
+Janet Wood , m. Q3 1957, Charlbury Church, Oxfordshire, England
7-Charles Anthony Mathew Shackle b. 1962
7-Georgina Shackle
+Holford Gray , m. Q3 1986, St Aldates Church, Oxfordshire, England
6-Elizabeth Shackle
+David Barr
5-Edward W O (Ted) Shackle b. 21 Sep 1902, d. 18 Jul 1971
+Muriel , m. 1948
5-Mildred R C (Cissy) Shackle b. 30 Jan 1904, d. 12 Jun 1962
5-Alice M Rowena (Molly) Shackle b. 24 May 1905, d. 6 Jun 1969, Castle Cary, England
5-Violet Agnes Shackle b. 28 Oct 1906, d. 28 Oct 1982, Harlington, Middlesex, England
5-Margaret E Shackle b. 13 Sep 1908, d. 6 Nov 1986, South Petherton
5-Kathleen Shackle b. 26 Jan 1910, d. 28 May 1991, South Petherton
5-Fanny Shackle b. Q2 1912
+Raymond Rice , m. 1942, Falkland Islands
6-Helen Rice
6-Jaqueline Rice
6-Sheila Rice
5-Thomas Alfred Shackle b. 14 Dec 1913, Solihull, d. 10 Apr 2001, Hounslow
+Ethel Doris Isabella Barnett b. 5 Apr 1916, Cardiff, Wales, d. 25 Sep 1982, Hounslow, m. 26
Mar 1939, Epsom, Surrey, England
6-Arthur Thomas Edward Shackle b. Q2 1940, Wales
+Annita Morris b. Q3 1944, m. Q3 1964
7-Michael A Shackle b. Q1 1969, Twickenham, Middlesex, England
7-Suzanne K Shackle b. Q2 1967
+Andrew Coleman , m. Q4 1998, England
6-Peter William Shackle b. Q2 1944, Hayes, Middlesex, England
+Mary Keemar b. Q3 1944, Aldershot, m. Q3 1969, Hayes, Middlesex, England
7-Philip E Shackle b. Q1 1975, Princeton
+Michelle Lynn Pinsky , m. Q2 1998, Chicago, Illinois, USA
7-Helen M Shackle b. Q4 1976, Princeton
+Thomas Pietkiewicz , m. 1996
8-Kyle Evan Pietkiewicz b. Q2 2000, San Diego, California, USA
5-John Godfrey Shackle b. 8 Apr 1916, d. 12 Sep 1990
+Phyllis d. 2 Jul 2006, m. 21 Aug 1943
6-Ann Shackle
6-Barbara Shackle
5-Benjamin Hinds Shackle b. 15 Dec 1917, d. 11 Mar 2002
5-Joan Harriet Shackle b. 20 Sep 1919, d. 11 Dec 1982
5-George Arthur Shackle b. 6 Jun 1922, Harlington, Middlesex, England, d. 27 Mar 1990, Snaith
+Joan , m. Q3 1946
6-Yvonne Shackle
+Peter Hemsley
7-Glen Hemsley
+Felicity
8-Oliver Hemsley
8-Edward Hemsley
8-Benjamin Hemsley
7-Mark Hemsley
7-Dean Hemsley
+Emma
8-Elise Hemsley
8-Myles Hemsley
7-Ian Hemsley
+Samantha
8-Joshua Hemsley
6-Paul Shackle b. Q3 1954
+Linda Elizabeth Campsall b. Q3 1958, m. Q2 1979
7-Emma Marie Shackle b. Q3 1982
+Jason Goddard , m. Q2 2006, Snaith
7-Stuart Alexander Shackle b. Q2 1986
3-Rosamond Attwood b. 29 Oct 1845, Kensington, London, England, d. 12 Dec 1928
+Charles William Shackle b. 27 Aug 1840, Hayes, Middlesex, England, d. 14 Mar 1928, Hayes, Middlesex,
England, m. 27 Aug 1874, Isleworth, London, England
4-Charles Edward Shackle b. 4 Jan 1875, Harlington, Middlesex, England, d. 28 Jan 1960, Castle Cary,
England
+Alice Rowena Attwood Barnes (Duplicate line), par. Charles Augustus Barnes and Rowena Fanny Maria
Attwood
4-Rosamond Shackle b. Q3 1877, Staines, London, England, d. Q3 1877, Staines, London, England
4-Mary Lilian Shackle b. Q2 1878, Staines, London, England, d. Q3 1878, Thanet, Kent, England
4-De Bosco Shackle b. Q4 1879, Staines, London, England, d. Q4 1879, Staines, London, England
4-De Bosco Hinde Shackle b. Q1 1881, Harlington, Middlesex, England, d. Q1 1890, Staines, London,
England
4-Reginald Attwood Shackle b. Q2 1884, Staines, London, England, d. Q2 1884, Staines, London, England
4-Godfrey Attwood N Shackle b. 2 Jul 1889, Harlington, Middlesex, England, d. 1960
3-George Reginald Attwood b. Q3 1847, Kensington, London, England, d. 1 Feb 1901
+Constance Marion Brandreth b. Abt 1866, d. 25 May 1920, m. 5 Oct 1887, West Derby, Lancashire, England
4-Rosamond Carless Attwood b. Q3 1888, St Margarets, Middlesex, England, d. Q3 1913, Cardiff, Wales
4-Son Attwood
3-Evelyn Thomas Attwood
3-Arthur de Bosco Attwood
2-Thomas Aurelius Attwood b. 4 Mar 1810, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, c. 11 Mar 1810, St John, Deritend And
Bordesley, Warwick, England, d. 8 Apr 1864, Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
+Mary Smallwood b. 4 Jun 1820, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, d. 23 Nov 1917, m. Q4 1857, Aston, Birmingham,
Warwickshire, England
3-Thomas Arthur Carless Attwood b. 27 May 1863, Aston, Warwickshire, England, d. 21 Apr 1937
+Hilda Evelyn Pomeroy b. Q3 1866, Ham Common, Surrey, England, d. 28 Oct 1948, m. 5 Oct 1892, par. James
Spencer Pomeroy 6th Viscount Pomeroy and Florence Wallace Legge
2-Angela Attwood b. 12 Nov 1812, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, c. 10 Dec 1812, St John, Deritend And
Bordesley, Warwick, England, d. 30 Nov 1874, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England
+Daniel Bell Wakefield b. 27 Feb 1798, Burnham, Essex, England, d. 8 Jan 1858, Wellington, New Zealand, bur.
Bolton St. Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand, m. 1 Sep 1835, St Margaret, Westminster, London, England, par.
Edward Gibbon Wakefield and Priscilla Bell
3-Selina Elizabeth Wakefield b. Abt 1835, d. 20 Aug 1848, bur. Bolton St. Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand
3-Charles Marcus Wakefield b. 1 May 1838, Connaught Square, London, England, d. Q2 1902, Hillingdon,
Middlesex, London
+Annette Sophia Collis b. Q4 1847, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England, d. After 1901, m. 1 Nov 1871,
Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England
4-Angela Mary Wakefield b. Abt 1874, New Zealand
4-Annette Priscilla Wakefield b. Abt 1876, New Zealand
4-Edward Marcus Attwood Wakefield b. Q1 1877, Hillingdon, Middlesex, London
+Unknown
4-Charles William Wakefield b. Q3 1880, Hillingdon, Middlesex, London
3-Alice Mary Wakefield b. 9 Oct 1849, Wellington, New Zealand, d. 18 Nov 1931
+Harold Freeman b. Abt 1850, Dursley, Gloucestershire, England, d. 15 Jul 1916, m. 19 Dec 1874,
Christchurch, Hampshire, England, par. Prof Edward Augustus Freeman and Eleanor Gutch
4-Maj. Edward Freeman b. 20 Nov 1875, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, d. 3 Mar 1916, Leper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
+Katherine Margaret Gillespie d. 19 Mar 1955, m. 12 May 1897
5-Maj-Gen. Harold Augustus Freeman-Attwood b. 30 Dec 1897, d. 22 Sep 1963
+Jessie Carson , m. 10 Sep 1921
6-Major Harold Warren Freeman-Attwood b. 20 Sep 1923
+Elizabeth Mostyn-Owen , m. 9 Jul 1947
7-Rosamond Margaret Freeman-Attwood b. 20 Sep 1951
7-Julian Freeman-Attwood b. 2 Oct 1953
+Hon. Emily Magda Rothschild b. 19 Dec 1967, m. 25 Jun 1998, par. Sir Nathaniel
Charles Jacob Rothschild 4th Baron Rothschild and Serena Mary Dunn
8-Ivy Antarctica Freeman-Attwood b. 16 Apr 1999
8-Lily Tibet Freeman-Attwood b. 12 Feb 2002
+Marigold Diana Sneyd Philips , m. 15 Oct 1960
7-Jonathan Freeman-Attwood b. 4 Nov 1961
+Unknown
8-Jessica Freeman-Attwood
8-Thomas Freeman-Attwood
6-David Montagu Freeman-Attwood
+Unknown
7-Mark Montagu Freeman-Attwood b. 17 Jan 1956
7-Ian Montagu Freeman-Attwood b. 21 Jun 1957
6-Edward Augustus Carson Freeman-Attwood b. 20 Aug 1930
+Marietta Cavallar , m. 12 Dec 1957
6-Alice Avalon (Neeta) Freeman-Attwood b. 9 May 1932
+Keith Montagu Hamilton , m. 9 Jul 1953, par. Leslie Montagu Hamilton and Joan Elizabeth
Moxey
+Marion Louise Attewell , m. 3 Jul 1951
5-Capt. Edward Rollo Freeman b. 19 Aug 1899, d. 15 Oct 1969
+Ethel Le Marchant Bankes , m. 22 Jul 1947
5-Lt-Cdr Arthur Reginald Freeman b. 15 Jan 1901, d. 13 Nov 1955
+Ruth Ellershaw , m. 12 Apr 1928
6-Peter Ellershaw Freeman b. 18 Feb 1931
6-Michael Rollo Freeman b. 15 Nov 1933
4-Mary Freeman b. 6 Apr 1877, Teddington, Middlesex, England, d. 26 Sep 1966
4-Eleanor Constance Freeman b. 12 Sep 1878, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England, d. 6 Aug 1884,
Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England
4-Edith Freeman b. 10 Jul 1882, d. 1 Oct 1957
+Lt.-Col. Swynfen John Jervis b. 14 May 1868, d. 19 Nov 1945, m. 29 Jul 1908, par. Col. William
Swynfen Jervis and Edith Wise
2-Edward Marcus Attwood b. 13 Jun 1816, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, c. 11 Jul 1816, St John, Deritend And
Bordesley, Warwick, England, d. 1868
2-Algernon Attwood b. 1 Feb 1819, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, c. 7 Feb 1819, St John, Deritend And
Bordesley, Warwick, England, d. 11 Aug 1861, Newton Abbot, Devon
+Emma Foulkes b. Abt 1842, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales, m. Q3 1853, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England
3-Llewellyn Carless Foulkes Attwood b. 1854, Enfield, Middlesex, England., d. 11 Mar 1935
+Rachel Edith Corsellis d. 22 Jun 1917, m. 1879
4-Capt. Algernon Foulkes Attwood b. 17 May 1880, d. 14 Sep 1914
4-Edith Carless Attwood d. 31 May 1935
3-Alice Edith Attwood b. Abt 1857, Enfield, Middlesex, England., d. 1881
+Marshall Robinson Stapylton d. 21 Apr 1894, m. 28 Dec 1878
3-Gertrude Dorothea Attwood b. Q3 1858, Enfield, Middlesex, England.
3-Florence Emma Attwood b. Q3 1858, Enfield, Middlesex, England.
+Marchese Alli-Maccarani
4-Gertrude Alli-Maccarani Contessa Da Barberino
+Unknown
5-Unknown Conte Urbano
3-Mary Attwood b. Abt 1860, Enfield, Middlesex, England.
+William Barber , m. 28 Dec 1878, British Embassy, Paris, France
2-Rosabel Attwood b. 24 Jul 1821, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, c. 5 Aug 1821, St John, Deritend And
Bordesley, Warwick, England, d. 16 Aug 1867
+Henry Wilson Demain Saunders