WOODHOUSE, Sir Thomas (by 1514-72), of Waxham and Great Yarmouth, Norf.

Family and Education

b. by 1514, 1st s. of John Woodhouse of Waxham by Alice, da. of William Croftes of Wyston; bro. of Sir William. educ. ?L. Inn, adm. 12 Mar. 1525. m. Margaret, da. of William Stubbert, wid. of one Wymer of Scottow, s.p. 1da. illegit. suc. fa. prob. by 1533. Kntd. 10 Nov. 1549.Date of birth estimated from first office. Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 320-1; LP Hen. VIII, vi.

Offices Held

Escheator, Norf. and Suff. 1535 – 36; collector subsidy, Norf. 1540; j.p. 1542 – 54, q. 1558/59; jt. v.-adm. Norf. and Suff. 1543 – d.; commr. of Admiralty in Nov. 1547, relief, Norf. 1550; sheriff, Norf. and Suff. 1553 – 54, 1563–4.E179/150/293; Norf. Rec. Soc. i. 7; LP Hen. VIII, xvii, xviii, xx; CPR, 1547–8, p. 87; 1553, p. 357; 1554–5, p. 56; HCA 14/2, 25/1, 5; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 22; EHR, xxiii. 747.

Parlimentarian

WOODHOUSE, Sir Thomas (by 1514-72), of Waxham and Great Yarmouth, Norf.

Main residences: Waxham; Great Yarmouth, Norf.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

WOODHOUSE, Sir Thomas (by 1514-72)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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