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i. Thomas, born about 1520, became a clergyman; on 16 Dec. 1542 Thomas Modye was inducted Rector of Lackford, co. Suffolk, and on 5 June 1545 he was inducted Rector of Saint Peters Moulton, co. Suffolk. Later he was of Islington, co. Middlesex , where he was chaplain to Lady Worcester, widow of Henry, Second Earl of Worcester; the registers of St. Mary’s Islington, record the burial on 26 Aug. 1569, of "Mr. Modye, my Lady of Worcester’s priest”. On 26 June 1576, administration on the estate of Thomas Mody of Islington, co. Middlesex, clergyman, was granted to Edward Colte" of Moulton, co. Suffolk, Gentlemen, during the minority of George Mody, son of Richard Mody, late deceased, brother of said Thomas Mody, deceased. "This Edward Colte had married Anne, widow of Richard Moody, the brother of Rev. Thomas Moody, and so was step-father of the latter’s nephew and heir George Moody of Moulton." This is a copy of the data collected by Wm. R. Moody, East Northfield, Massachusetts and Donald Lines Jacobus, after quite an extensive search in England and in New England. March 1925 L. W. Moody

The earliest known connection of the Moody family with Moulton, a parish in the western part of Suffolk, on the border of Cambridgeshire, was about 1555, when Thomas Moody, clerk, acquired a house and land there. ), and from additional charters, in The British Museum He was probably the Thomas Moody who had been Rector of Lackford, also in western Suffolk, from 1542 to about 1551. This living was in the patronage of the King, who presented Thomas Moody on 16 Dec 1542, his induction taking place on 21 Jan. following. He resigned the rectorship, probably in 1551, as his successor, Robert Peacock, was presented on 24 April of that year. A deed of sale, in the Moulton register, dated 8 Elizabeth [1665-66], is signed by Thomas Moody, Rector and Patron. His will has not been found in either of the Suffolk courts or in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. He was probably related to the Richard Moody with whom the following pedigree begins.90

THOMAS MOODY, clerk in holy orders, died at Islington co. Middx; admon 26 June 1576 P.C.C.30
That Thomas Moody was the brother of Richard Moody is proven by the record of the administration in 1576 if his intestate estate, recorded in PCC administrations. In it, he is referred to as Thomas Moody, "clericus” of Islington, Middlesex, and his principal heir is George Moody, presently a minor in the care of Edward Colt of Moulton, Suffolk. In addition, an early Chancery dispute is on record, File 1453, #39-42 between Thomas Modye parson of Moulton and Richard his brother. Subject: "exclusion from complainant's parsonage which defendant has been permitted to inhabit at will.”101

Thomas’s heir was his nephew George Moody, 1576.30
Chaplain at Islington 1548-1558. Thomas Moody witnessed the will of Emma Chenery of Moulton on 21 Nov 1558. 101
Thomas was Rector of St. Lawrence at Lackford from 1542-1551, Rector of St. Peter’s at Moulton 1545- and Chaplain of St. Mary’s at Islington 15 -1569. He died in 1569, probably in London. 545

“Rev. Thomas He was rector of Lackford in Suffolk County on 12/16/1542. He was rector of Moulton, Suffolk County on 6/5/1545. Later became rector at Islington in Middlesex County . He was chaplain to Lady Worcester, widow of the 2nd Earl of Worcester. On 6/28/1576 his estate was administered by Edward Colte, gent. Because Thomas was unmarried his estate descended to his brother’s eldest son, George, who at that time was in his minority .”418