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WOODWARD, THOMAS, elder son of Thomas Woodward, Charwelton, Northants, and Mary, dau. of Richard Astwell, London, citizen and merchant taylor; b. 30 Jul 1670; adm.; KS 1685; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1687, matr. 15 Jul 1687, aged 17, Westminster Student 19 Dec 1687 – void 1706; admonished for neglect of duties and college exercises, and “remarkable non proficiency in learning” 15 Mar 1693; BA 1691; MA 1694; adm. Inner Temple 18 Apr 1689, called to bar 22 Jun 1697; d. 6 Apr 1717.

WOODS, PETER; b.; adm.; KS 1664; buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey 16 Sep 1668.

WOODROFFE, BENJAMIN, son of Rev. Timothy Woodroffe, Rector of Kingsland, Herefs., and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Sylvester, Burford, Oxfordshire; bapt. 29 Apr 1638; adm.; KS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1656, matr. 23 Jul 1656, Westminster Student, Tutor; BA 1659; MA 1662 (incorp. Cambridge 1664); BD and DD 14 Jan 1672/3; ordained; Chaplain to Duke of York at naval battle of Southwold Bay; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 17 Dec 1672, Sub-Dean 1674; Rector of St. Bartholomew, Royal Exchange, London, from 19 Aug 1676; Prebendary of Lichfield from 21 Sep 1678; nominated Dean of Christ Church by James II 8 Dec 1688, but never installed; Principal of Gloucester Hall, Oxford, from 15 Aug 1692; founded a Greek college at Oxford 1697; fell into debt owing to losses through litigation; confined in the Fleet Prison 1708-9, and canonry sequestered; FRS 30 May 1668; author, Somnium Navale, 1673 (Latin poem on battle of Southwold Bay), and other works; lic. to m. 1st, 15 Nov 1676 Dorothy, sister of Sir Blewet Stonehouse, Bart.; m. 2nd, Mary, dau. of Thomas Marbury, Marbury, Cheshire; d. 14 Aug 1711. DNB.

WOODMAN, THOMAS BARTHOLOMEW, only son of John Woodman, Cleveland Row, St. James’s, London, Steward to Duke of Bridgewater, and Ann, only sister of Warren Hastings (qv); b.; adm. 13 Feb 1767; KS (aged 12) 1772; Capt. of the School 1776; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1777, adm. pens. 28 May 1777, scholar 15 May 1778; BA 1781; MA 1784; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Nov 1779; ordained deacon 1796, priest 1796 (both Bristol, lit. dim. from York); Vicar of Ivinghoe, Bucks., Jan 1797-1803; Rector of Wingrave, Bucks., 20 May 1803-4; Prebendary of York 21 Jul 1807; Rector of Daylesford, Worcs., from 8 Nov 1814; Vicar of Brackley, Northants, from 13 Feb 1815 [or from Dec 1803 ?]; Chaplain to Duke of Clarence (the future William IV); m. 22 Jul 1811 Louise, second dau. of Baron von Chapuset, Stuttgart, Germany; d. 30 May 1825.

WOODFALL, JOHN WARD, brother of George Douglas Woodfall (qv); b. 7 Dec 1811; adm. 1 Oct 1819; KS (Capt. ) 1825; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1829, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1829, scholar 1830; BA 1835; MA 1839; MRCP 1840; FRCP 1854; Assistant Physician to Westminster Hospital; medical practitioner in Davies Street, Berkeley Square, London; JP Kent 1862; m. 29 Jan 1845 Jane, eldest dau. of Colin Douglas, Mains, Dumbartonshire; d. 22 Mar 1867.

WOODCOCK, JOHN, son of Francis Woodcock, Harwood, Yorks.; b.; adm.; KS 1681; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1685, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1685, aged 18, scholar 1685, matr. 1685/6; migr. to Trinity Hall, Cambridge. [but note Francis Woodcocke or Woodcock, Great Horwood (sic), Bucks., gentleman, will proved PCC 28 Apr 1683]

WOOD, WILLIAM, son of William Wood, Wakefield, Yorks.; bapt. 18 Mar 1761; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1776; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1780, adm. pens. 24 May 1780, scholar 5 May 1781; BA 1784; MA 1792; ordained deacon 1784 (Gloucester, lit. dim. from York), priest 16 Oct 1785 (York); Vicar of St. John’s, Wakefield, Yorks., 1805-25; of Woodthorpe, Yorks.; DL JP Yorkshire West Riding; d. 15 Jun 1825.

WOOD, THOMAS, son of Thomas Wood, Hackney, Middlesex, Clerk of the Spicery to James I, and Susan Cranmer; bapt. 22 Jul 1607; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1627, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1627 – still 1638, matr. 1627; BA 1631; MA 1634 (incorp. Cambridge 1638); BD 1641; DD 13 Mar 1641/2; ordained; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles I 1635; Rector of Whickham, co. Durham 1635-51, ejected, but restored 1660; Prebendary of Durham from 10 Dec 1660; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II 1660; Dean of Lichfield Feb 1663/4-71; consecrated Bishop of Cioventry and Lichfield 2 Jul 1671; neglected his duties and lived in a mean way at Hackney; suspended by Archbishop Sancroft for refusing to return to his diocese; a benefactor to Christ Church, Oxford; m. Grace, dau. of Sir James Clavering, Bart.; d. 18 Apr 1692.

WOOD, THOMAS LETT, brother of Charles James Wood (qv) (IGI); b. 26 Feb 1821; adm. 16 Jan 1834; KS 1835; left 1839; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 2 Jul 1839; BA 1843; MA 1846; adm. Inner Temple 14 May 1841, called to bar 13 Jun 1851; special pleader 1846-51; Attorney-Gen., Vancouver Island 1864-6; Solicitor-Gen., British Columbia 1866-7; member Legislative Council, British Columbia 1866-70; Chief Justice of Bermuda 1872-7; Puisne Judge, Straits Settlements 1877-1907; m. 10 Oct 1859 ---, widow of George Leggatt, Guildford, Surrey, and dau. of James Laurence, Earnley, Sussex; d. 14 Sep 1909.

Wood, Hugh Noel, brother of Arthur Edward Francis Wood (q.v.); b. Dec. 24, 1891; adm. as K.S. Sept. 28, 1905; left July 1910; in the Ceylon Police; d. 16 Dec. 1978.