- GB-2014-WSA-18535
- Person
- 1712-1797
WOOD, RICHARD, third son of John Wood, Hollin Hall, Ripon, Yorks., barrister, Bencher Lincoln’s Inn, and Frances, widow of Thomas Ingram, Barrowby, Garforth, Yorks., and dau. of John Nicholson MD, West Herrington, co. Durham; b. 25 Aug 1712; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1723; in school list 1728; articled as Clerk in Exchequer 1728 (?); Sworn Clerk 1737 (still 1774), Second Secondary (occurs 1780-3) and First Secondary, King’s Remembrancer’s Office, Exchequer; m. 13 Jun 1745 Elizabeth, second dau. of Hutton Perkins, Mill Hill, Middlesex, Secretary to Earl of Hardwicke when Lord Chancellor; d. 24 Sep 1797.