Introduction

Biography

Basil was the son of Ba­sil Woodd and Han­nah Price. He mar­ried twice, to Ann Wood (1785) and So­phia Sar­ah Jupp (1792).

He en­tered Tri­ni­ty Col­lege, Ox­ford, at age 17, and took Ho­ly Or­ders in 1783.

He be­came lec­tur­er of St. Pe­ter’s Corn­hill (1784); morn­ing preach­er at Ben­tinck Cha­pel, Ma­ry­le­bone (1785); and rec­tor of Dray­ton Beauc­hamp, Buck­ing­ham­shire (1808).

Works

• The Psalms of Da­vid…Adapt­ed to the Ser­vic­es of the Church of Eng­land, 1794 (2nd edi­tion, 1800)
• The Psalms of Da­vid and Oth­er Por­tions of the Sac­red Scrip­tures Ar­ranged Ac­cord­ing to the Or­der of the Church of Eng­land, for Ev­ery Sun­day in the Year (Lon­don: Watts & Bridge­wa­ter, cir­ca 1815)