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Family and Education
b. c. 1604, 1st s. of Richard Wood of Brookthorpe and Anne, da. of Walter Vaughan of Hergest, Herefs.Vis. Glos. 1682-3 ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 207. educ. L. Inn 29 May 1624, called 7 Feb. 1633.LI Admiss. i 195; LI Black Bks. ii. 302. m. Bridget, da. of Sjt. Richard Cresheld*, 12s. (10 d.v.p.), 9da. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Glos. 1682-3, 207. suc. fa. by May 1636.PROB11/171/167. bur. 27 Nov. 1675 27 Nov. 1675.Brookthorpe bishops’ transcripts.
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Local: j.p. Glos. 17 July 1640 – 10 June 1642, by Feb. 1650-c.1662.C231/5, pp. 397, 528; C220/9/4, f. 33v. Dep. lt. Gloucester 12 Aug. 1642–?LJ v. 291b. Commr. additional ord. for levying of money, Glos. 1 June 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672; Gloucester 1661;A. and O.; An Act...for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. commr. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 10 May 1644; Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648; militia, Glos. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; Glos. and Gloucester 12 Mar. 1660. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. preservation of timber, Forest of Dean 29 Nov. 1654;Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 514–5. poll tax, Glos. and Gloucester 1660; subsidy, Glos. 1663.SR.

Military: capt. trained bands (parlian.), ‘Inshire’, Glos. 2 Dec. 1642.Glos. RO, GBR/G3/SO/2, f. 26.

Parlimentarian
WOOD, Sylvanus (c.1604-75), of Brookthorpe, Glos.
: Glos.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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WOOD, Sylvanus (c.1604-75), of Brookthorpe, Glos.

Will
undated, pr. 27 Jan. 1676.PROB11/350/110.
Estates
lessee for lives from bishop of Gloucester of Brookthorpe and Harescombe manors; valued by surveyors in 1647 at £444. Lease renewed by bishop 15 Sept. 1675, for £38 p.a.Glos. RO, GDR/G2/3/15810, 15811; G3/19, pp. 14-22.
Oxford 1644
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