Henry Woodhouse (c. 1545 – 8 October 1624), of Hickling and

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, Norfolk, was an English politician. Henry Woodhouse was the second son of Sir William Woodhouse and his second wife Elizabeth Calthorpe, widow of Sir Henry Parker. He was a

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(MP) for

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in 1572 and 1589.

Family

Henry Woodhouse married firstly Anne Bacon, daughter of Sir Nicholas Bacon. Their children included; * William Woodhouse, married Frances Jermyn, daughter of Sir Robert Jermyn of Rushbrooke. * Henry Woodhouse, Governor of Bermuda. *

Mary Woodhouse Mary Woodhouse (d. 1656), musician and correspondent of Constantijn Huygens, was the daughter of Henry Woodhouse (MP) of Hickling and Waxham, and Anne Bacon, daughter of Sir Nicholas Bacon. (Some sources say she was a daughter of the Woodhouse fa ...

, married (1)

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, their children included;

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and

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. * Vere Woodhouse, married Mr Godfrey. * Elizabeth Woodhouse, married Sir Francis Stoner. * Anne married (1) Henry Hogan of

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, (2) William Hungate, also of East Bradenham (3) in May 1615,

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. Henry Woodhouse married secondly Cecily Gresham, daughter of Thomas Gresham. Their children included; * Gresham Woodhouse (1588-1656), in 1602 his grandmother Beatrice Gresham gave him a property called Bolthurst in

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, he was buried at

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.George Lipscombe, ''The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham'', vol. 2 (London, 1847), p. 489. * Elizabeth Woodhouse (1598-1652), married the politician and antiquarian

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References

1545 births 1624 deaths People from North Norfolk (district) English MPs 1572–1583 English MPs 1589 People from Hickling, Norfolk Members of the Parliament of England for Norfolk {{16thC-England-MP-stub