Family and Education
b. c. 1621, 1st s. of Roger Wood of Islington, Mdx., and Norbiton Hall, and Katherine Morley.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 124. educ. G. Inn, 9 Feb. 1642.G.I. Admiss. i. 234. m. ?after 27 May 1645, with at least £1,000,PROB11/193/369 (John Towse). Mary, da. of John Towse, alderman and Grocer, of St Mary Colechurch, London, 4s., 3da.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 124; PROB11/312/330 (Sir Robert Wood, 1663). suc. fa. 24 June 1631.Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 349. d. 1661.
Offices Held

Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 20 May 1642.G. A. Raikes, Ancient Vellum Bk. (1890), 65. Commr. sequestration, Surr. 17 Apr. 1643; assessment, 17 Apr., 21 Aug. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;CJ iii. 49a, 213a; A. and O. commr. for Surr. 27 July 1643;LJ vi. 151b. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. Surr. 24 Jan. 1644–?CJ iii. 376a. Commr. for Surr., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644; New Model ordinance, Surr. 17 Feb. 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645; arrears of assessment, Billingsgate ward, London 24 Apr. 1648; militia, Surr. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660. by Feb. 1650 – Mar. 1652A. and O. J.p., Aug. 1660–d.C193/13/3, f. 62v; C220/9/4, f. 85; C231/6, p. 230; C231/7, p. 33. Commr. poll tax, 1660.SR.

Military: col. ?militia by 16 Feb. 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 434.

Religious: elder, Kingston classis, 16 Feb. 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 434.

: of Norbiton Hall, Surr., Kingston-upon-Thames.
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Commons 1640-1660
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WOOD, Robert II (c.1621-61), of Norbiton Hall, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surr.

Will
admon. to wid. 13 Dec. 1661.PROB6/37/139.
Estates
at majority or on marriage, manor of Norbiton Hall and other lands in Kingston-upon-Thames;Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 349; VCH Surr. iii. 504; Kingston Museum and Heritage Service, KC1/1/191, KC1/1/249, KC3/2/30, KC3/3/17. ?Vale Royal and Charterhouse, Islington; 1650, bought from James Compton*, 3rd earl of Northampton, Great Cutlers, Little Cutlers and Barn close, Islington.VCH Mdx. viii. 60–1; cf. Gater and Hiorns, Survey of London, xx. 3-4.
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