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b. c. 1585, 1st s. of Sir Philip Wodehouse†, 1st bt., of Kimberley and Grisell, da. of William Yelverton of Rougham, wid. of Thomas Le Strange of Hunstanton.Vis. Norf. 1563, 1589 and 1613 (Harl. Soc. xxxii.), 322; Vis. Norf. 1664 (Norf. Rec. Soc. iv-v), ii. 240; John, 1st earl of Kimberley, The Wodehouses of Kimberley (1887), 40, 45. educ. Caius, Camb. 1598;Al. Cant. L. Inn 1601;LI Adm. travelled abroad (France, Spain, Italy) 1611.CSP Dom. 1611-18, p. 100; Blomefield, Norf. ii. 555; R.W. Ketton-Cremer, ‘The rhyming Wodehouses’, Norf. Arch. xxxiii., 36. m. 16 June 1605, Blanche, da. of John Carey†, 3rd Baron Hunsdon, wid. of Christopher Peyton of Isleham, Cambs., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (2 d.v.p.).CB i. 52; Vis. Norf. 1664, ii. 241; Blomefield, Norf. ii. 555; Kimberley, Wodehouses, 44. Kntd. 1603;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 111. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 30 Oct. 1623.CB i. 52; HP Commons 1558-1603. d. 18 Mar. 1658.Blomefield, Norf. ii. 555.
Offices Held

Court: gent. of privy chamber to Henry, prince of Wales, 1610–12.Harl. 7009, f. 5.

Local: j.p. Norf. by Nov. 1621–d.;C193/13/1. Thetford 1629 – aft.Nov. 1641, 20 Nov. 1654–d.Coventry Docquets, 63; C231/5, p. 10; C181/4, ff. 4, 132v; C181/5, f. 212v; C181/6, p. 73. Sheriff, Norf. 1624–5.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 89. Capt. militia ft. by 1626-aft. 1627.Rye, State Pprs. 31, 130. Commr. Forced Loan, 1626–7; Thetford 1627;Rye, State Pprs. 48; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 320; C193/12/2, ff. 41, 88. subsidy, Norf. 1628.Rye, State Pprs. 125, 137. Dep. lt. 1627 – aft.42; Norwich Dec. 1642–?Rye, State Pprs. 6; PJ i. 54; CJ ii. 884a. Commr. charitable uses, Norf. 1635;Coventry Docquets, 54. sea breaches, Norf. and Suff. 1638;C181/5, f. 103. further subsidy, Norf. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641.LJ iv. 385b. Feoffee, Sir Edmund Moundeford’s* charity, Feltwell 1642. 1642Blomefield, Norf. ii. 199. Commr. assessment, Norf., 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 Feb. 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 Feb. 1657;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). loans on Propositions, 1 Aug. 1642;LJ v. 251b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Norf. 3 July 1644;C181/5, f. 234. Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 16, 275. gaol delivery, Norf. 3 July 1644;C181/5, f. 234v. Thetford 16 Nov. 1654;C181/6, p. 71. New Model ordinance, Norf. 17 Feb. 1645; sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646, 6 May 1654–d.;C181/5, f. 269; C181/6, pp. 26, 247. militia, Norf. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O. Custos rot. Sept. 1650–d.C231/6, p. 201.

Central: member, cttee. for sequestrations, 7 Aug. 1644;LJ vi. 663a. cttee. for examinations, 16 Oct. 1644.CJ iii. 666b.

Parlimentarian
WODEHOUSE (WODEHOWSE), Sir Thomas, 2nd bt. (c.1585-1658), of Kimberley, Norf.
: 2nd bt. (c.1585-1658), of Kimberley, Norf. 1585 – 1658.
WODEHOWSE
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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WODEHOUSE (WODEHOWSE), Sir Thomas, 2nd bt. (c.1585-1658), of Kimberley, Norf.

Will
2 Mar. 1658, pr. 17 May 1658.PROB11/278/252.
Estates
sold manors of Hingham and Baconsthorpe, Norf. to Thomas Talbott I* and John Sesden, 1634;Coventry Docquets, 659, 667. bought lands at Coston and Carleton Forehoe, Norf. in sale of dean and chapter lands.PROB11/278/252.
Oxford 1644
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