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Wood, Thomas, 1607-1692
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1607-1692
History
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.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.