Sir Philip Wodehouse, MP, 1st Baronet of Kimberley

Sir Philip Wodehouse, 1st Baronet

Sir Philip Wodehouse, 1st Baronet (died 30 October 1623) was an English baronet, soldier and Member of Parliament.

Wodehouse was the son of Sir Roger Wodehouse, of Kimberley, Norfolk, and Mary, daughter of John Corbet and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (1575) and trained in the law at Lincoln's Inn (1580).

He sat as Member of Parliament for Castle Rising from 1586 to 1587. He was knighted in 1596 for his actions during the Capture of Cadiz and in 1611 he was created a Baronet, of Wilberhall in the County of Norfolk. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Norfolk from c.1591 and High Sheriff of Norfolk for 1594-95. He was commissioner of musters for 1598 and Custos rotulorum in 1617.

Wodehouse married Grizell, daughter of William Yelverton, on 22 Dec 1582. He died on 30 October 1623 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, Thomas. Lady Wodehouse died in August 1635.

He was an ancestor of the British humorist PG Wodehouse.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Philip_Wodehouse,_1st_Baronet

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• Sir Philip Wodehouse, 1st Bt.1
• M, #342680, d. 30 October 1623
• Last Edited=27 Apr 2011
• Sir Philip Wodehouse, 1st Bt. was the son of Sir Roger Wodehouse and Mary Corbet.2 He married Grizell Yelverton, daughter of William Yelverton, on 22 December 1582.1 He died on 30 October 1623.1
• He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Castle Rising from 1586 to 1587.1 He was invested as a Knight in 1596 for valour at the taking of Cadiz.1 He was created 1st Baronet Wodehouse, of Kimberley, co. Norfolk [England] on 29 June 1611.1 He lived at Kimberley, Norfolk, England.1
• Child of Sir Philip Wodehouse, 1st Bt. and Grizell Yelverton
  • 1.Sir Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Bt.+2 d. 18 Mar 1658
• Citations
• 1.[S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2163. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• 2.[S37] BP2003. [S37]
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p34268.htm#i342680 _____________________
• WOODHOUSE, Philip (d.1623), of Kimberley, Norf.
• Family and Education
• 1st s. of Roger Woodhouse of Kimberley by Mary, da. of John Corbet† of Sprowston. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb.1575; L. Inn 1580. m. 25 July 1580, Grissell, da. of William Yelverton of Rougham, wid. of Thomas Lestrange of Hunstanton, 6s. 2da. suc. fa. 1588. Kntd. 1596; cr. Bt. 1611.
• Offices Held
  • J.p. Norf. from c.1591, sheriff 1594-5; commr. musters 1598, custos rot. 1617.
• Biography
• The Woodhouse family of Kimberley was one of the wealthiest in Norfolk, the seventeenth-century family poet writing that he had above £2,000 p.a. in land. Philip Woodhouse served on a number of commissions without, however, ever becoming one of the leading gentlemen of the shire. He went on the Cadiz expedition in 1596, where he was knighted by the Earl of Essex, thenceforth playing little part in national affairs, though one of his sons was a companion and friend of Prince Henry during the early years of the reign of James I. Woodhouse was protestant but his wife, like many of her family and that of her first husband, was a Catholic. The Jesuit, John Gerard, stated that Woodhouse himself was converted following his wife’s severe illness, but conformed again.
• His return to Parliament for Castle Rising was no doubt due to his marriage to the widow of Thomas Lestrange and consequent control of her dower lands in north-west Norfolk. There is no trace of him in the records of the House. The fact that he did not sit again may have been because of the county faction fights, in which he supported the unpopular Sir Arthur Heveningham, and this may have cost him the friendship of a number of Norfolk families. In December 1589 he was in trouble for assisting William Downing to eject Thomas Eden from Marsham parsonage. Woodhouse died 30 Oct. 1623, letters of administration being granted to his widow 2 Oct. 1624.
• Vis. Norf. (Norf. and Norwich Arch. Soc. 1878), i. 105; G. A. Carthew, Hundred of Launditch, i. 144; C142/408/114; PRO Index 4211; Blomefield, Norf. ii. 140, 554; ix. 60-2; Autobiog. John Gerard, 19-21; A. H. Smith thesis, 259, 262, 274, 305-6; J. H. Morrison, Letters of Administration 1620-30.
• Ref Volumes: 1558-1603
• Author: Roger Virgoe
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/wo... ___________________________
• Sir Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Baronet (c. 1585 – 18 March 1658), was an English baronet and Member of Parliament.
• Wodehouse was the son of Sir Philip Wodehouse, 1st Baronet, of Kimberley, Norfolk, and Grizell, daughter of William Yelverton.[1] He was Member of Parliament for Thetford from 1640 to 1653[2] and served as High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1624.[1]
• Wodehouse married Blanche, daughter of John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon, on 16 Jun 1605. She died on 6 November 1651. Wodehouse survived her by seven years and died on 18 March 1658. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, Philip.[1]
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Wodehouse,_2nd_Baronet _____________________________
• WOODHOUSE, Roger (c.1541-88), of Kimberley, Norf.
• b. c.1541, 1st s. of Thomas Woodhouse (killed at Musselburgh 1547) by Margaret, da. of Sir John Shelton† of Shelton. m. Mary, da. of John Corbet† of Sprowston, 2s. inc. Philip 1da. suc. gd.-fa. Sir Roger 1560. Kntd. 1578.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/wo... _______________________________

Wodehouse (surname)

• .... etc.

Baronets Wodehouse:

• The baronetcy was created in 1611, for Sir Philip Wodehouse, 1st Baronet
• Sir Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Baronet
• Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th Baronet (c. 1714–1777), MP for Norfolk

Barons Wodehouse:

• John Wodehouse, 6th Baronet (1741–1834), was created Baron Wodehouse in 1797.
• John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse (1770–1846), British MP and then peer
• Sir John Wodehouse, 4th Baronet (1669–1754), British MP
• .... etc.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wodehouse_(surname) ______________________________
• Blanche CAREY
• Died: 6 Nov 1651
• Father: John CAREY (3° B. Hunsdon)
• Mother: Mary HYDE
• Married 1: Christopher PEYTON
• Married 2: Thomas WOODHOUSE (2° Bt.) (d. 18 Mar 1658) (son of Sir Phillip Woodhouse, 1° Bt., and Grizell Yelverton) 16 Jun 1605 Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CAREY.htm#Blanche CAREY1 _______________________