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Richard Wood 1480 – 1553 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1480

Birth Location: York, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 8 Jul 1553

Death Location: Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Father: Christopher Woode

Mother: Lady Willoughby

Spouse(s): Christabell Ambler

Children(s): Robert Wood, George Wood, Agnes Wood, Johanna Wood, Thomas Wood, Margaret Wood, Edmund Wood, Agnes Wood, Thomas Wood, Richard Wood, Richard Wood, John Wood, Edmund Wood, Gilbert Wood, Mary Wood

According to available records, Richard Wood was born in 1480 in York, Yorkshire, England, the child of Christopher Peter Atte Woode and Lady Margaret Christopher Smythe Willoughby. Following those early years, Richard Wood married Christabell Ambler, and their family grew to include Robert Ambler Wood, George Wood, Agnes Wood, Johanna Wood, Thomas Wood, Margaret Wood, Edmund Wood, Agnes Wood, Thomas Wood, Richard Wood, Richard Wood, John Wood, Edmund Wood, Gilbert Wood and Mary Wood. In the later years of life, Richard Wood died in 1553 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

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Parents

Christopher Woode
1450 – 1525
Birth Location: Halifax, Yorkshire, England
CW
Lady Willoughby
1457 – 1552
Birth Location: Sowerby Bridge, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England
LW

Spouses(s)

Christabell Ambler
1485 – 1522
Birth Location: Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
CA

Children(s)

Robert Wood
1500 – 1551
Birth Location: Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire, England
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George Wood
1500 – 1590
Birth Location: Sowerby, Yorkshire, England
GW
Agnes Wood
1506 –
Birth Location: Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England
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Johanna Wood
1508 – 1536
Birth Location: England
JW
Thomas Wood
1508 –
Birth Location: Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Margaret Wood
1509 –
Birth Location: Halifax, Yrkshr, Engl
MW
Edmund Wood
1511 – 1602
Birth Location: England
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Agnes Wood
1511 –
Birth Location: Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
AW
Thomas Wood
1513 – 1516
Birth Location: England
TW
Richard Wood
1514 – 1588
Birth Location: Sowerby, Yorkshire, England
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Richard Wood
1515 – 1588
Birth Location: England
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John Wood
1516 – 1544
Birth Location: England
JW
Edmund Wood
1518 – 1615
Birth Location: Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England
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Gilbert Wood
1520 –
Birth Location: Halifax, Yorkshire, England
GW
Mary Wood
1522 –
Birth Location: United Kingdom
MW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1480
    Event Place: York, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 8 Jul 1553
    Event Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England

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