Venn: Adm. sizar at ST CATHARINE'S, June 6, 1719. Of Whenby, Yorks. Perhaps s. of William (? 1682), V. of Whenby. ' Matric. 1719; B.A. 1722-3. Ord. deacon (York) Dec. 1723; priest, July 21, 1728. C. of Northallerton, Yorks., 1727. R. of Welbury, 1728-30. Died 1730.
Herring's Visitation Returns II 106. William Wood vicar of Kippax. Deacon December 1723 (York), Priest July 1728 (York). Still curate of Ryther in 1743 where he and his family resided