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

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. Wodehouse was the son of Sir Roger Wodehouse, of

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, and Mary, daughter of John Corbet and was educated at

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(1575) and trained in the law at

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(1580). He sat as Member of Parliament for

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from 1586 to 1587. He was knighted in 1596 for his actions during the

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, ''Memorials of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth'', vol. 2 (London, 1754), p. 50. and in 1611 he was created a Baronet, of Wilberhall in the County of Norfolk. He was appointed a

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for Norfolk from c. 1591 and

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for 1594–95. He was commissioner of musters for 1598 and

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in 1617. Wodehouse married Grizell, daughter of William Yelverton, on 22 December 1582. He died on 30 October 1623 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son,

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. Lady Wodehouse died in August 1635. He was an ancestor of the British humorist

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. A women's jacket in the collection of the

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is thought to have belonged to Grizell Wodehouse.

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Wodehouse jacket: Textile Research Centre
1623 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of Lincoln's Inn Baronets in the Baronetage of England Philip Wodehouse, 1st Baronet English MPs 1586–1587 High Sheriffs of Norfolk Year of birth missing English people of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) People from Kimberley, Norfolk {{16thC-England-MP-stub