Background
Moody was the son of Richard Moody, of Lee and Whitchurch-cum-Milborne and of Garesdon, Wiltshire and his wife Christiana Barwick, daughter of John Barwick, of Wilcot, Wiltshire.
Moody was the son of Richard Moody, of Lee and Whitchurch-cum-Milborne and of Garesdon, Wiltshire and his wife Christiana Barwick, daughter of John Barwick, of Wilcot, Wiltshire.
He was knighted at Whitehall on 18 March 1606. From 1618 to 1619, he was Sheriff of Wiltshire. He was created baronet on 11 March 1622.
He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Malmesbury in 1626 and 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.
Moody died at Garesdon about a month after the dissolution of parliament at the age of about 46. Moody married on 20 January 1606 Deborah Dunch, daughter.
In 1643 she moved to the Dutch settlement in Long Island, where she died at Gravensonde between December 1654 and May 1659.
Useless Parliament; 2nd Parliament of King Charles I]
In 1625, he was elected Member of Parliament for Malmesbury.