| Description | Suffers from the despondency that followed the Anglesey capitulation of the previous June, regrets how some gentlemen of the county manage to evade their responsibilities under that instrument, and fears the coming of more unpleasant imposts. Excuses himself from attending a meeting of Anglesey gentlemen, and refers to "malitious inventions", indirectly proving that the triumph of the Parliament has driven somewhat of a wedge into the hitherto solid Cavalier front of Anglesey. When the insurrection of 1646 broke out, the name of Owen Wood is not found at the foot of the virile proclamation of 14 July, but is found, and that very near to that of Viscount Bulkeley, as one of the island commissioners to draft terms of agreement with the Parliamentary victors on 2 October. In 1649-50 he was High Sheriff of Anglesey under the Puritan powers, and declared before the Committee for Compounding on July 26, 1653, that he had opposed the revolt of 1648 to the uttermost of his power [which is not altogether improbable], that he had paid his fines under the composition that followed just as if he were the worst of delinquents, &c. (Calendar, iv, 3130-1). For all that, there is no doubt whatsoever that Owen Wood, like his neighbour William Bold of Tre’rddol, was as good a Cavalier as any of them at heart, as witness his work in sheltering at Rhosmor throughout the troubles William Langford, the ejected vicar of Welshpool, the husband of his sister Elin |