Roger Woodhouse
16th-century English politician
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Roger Woodhouse (c. 1541 – 1588), of Kimberley, Norfolk, was an English politician.
Woodhouse was the eldest son of Thomas Woodhouse. His mother was Margaret, the daughter Sir John Shelton of Shelton. Roger was knighted in 1578.[1]
Woodhouse was a Member of parliament (MP) of the Parliament of England for Aldeburgh, for Norfolk in 1572 and for Thetford in 1586.[1]
Woodhouse married Mary, daughter of John Corbet of Sprowston, and had two sons and one daughter.[1]
Woodhouse died in 1588, and was buried on 4 April 1588 at Kimberly. His heir was his son, Philip Woodhouse.[1]
