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Richard Wood 1514 – 1588 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Jun 1514

Birth Location: Sowerby, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 30 Sep 1588

Death Location: Sowerby, Yorkshire, England

Father: Richard Wood

Mother: Christabell Ambler

Spouse(s): Margaret Ambler, Margaret Willoughby, Sybil Drake

Children(s):

According to available records, Richard Wood was born in 1514 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, the child of Richard Wood and Christabell Ambler. Following those early years, Richard Wood married Margaret Ambler, Margaret Smythe Willoughby and Sybil Drake. In the later years of life, Richard Wood died in 1588 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England.

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Parents

Richard Wood
1480 – 1553
Birth Location: York, Yorkshire, England
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Christabell Ambler
1485 – 1522
Birth Location: Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Ambler
1520 – 1599
Birth Location: Northowram, Halifax, York, England
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Margaret Willoughby
1520 – 1599
Birth Location: Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Sybil Drake
1515 – 1575
Birth Location: Northowram, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
SD

Children(s)

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 20 Jun 1514
    Event Place: Sowerby, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Year: 1520
    Event Place: Shelf, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 30 Sep 1588
    Event Place: Sowerby, Yorkshire, England
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