William Woodhouse (naval officer)
Sir William Woodhouse | |
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| Born | 1517 Vice-Admiral of Norfolk Lieutenant of the Admiralty |
William Woodhouse was a naval commander and administrator who served under Henry VIII of England. He went to sea early in life and his career advanced through service to the King. He was granted offices in Lynn Norfolk, and was appointed
In February 1543 he was appointed admiral of four ships in the North Sea. In November 1543 he took charge of 10 ships stationed at Portsmouth with the intention of attacking French fishing waters. Appointed Vice-Admiral of the Fleet of the
In December 1546 he was appointed head of the Council of the Marine as
In October 1558 he was appointed for a second time Vice-Admiral in the Channel until January 1559. He remained as head of the Council of the Marine until 22 November 1564 when he died in office. The post of Lieutenant of the Admiralty then fell into abeyance until 1604.[2]
Political career
William Woodhouse was also served as a
Family
This family of the Woodhouses was a distinct family from that of the Woodhouses of Kimberley and the later Earls of Kimberley, and bore, for their arms, quarterly, azure, and ermine, in the first quarter a leopard's head, or; which arms belong to the family of Power, and Francis Blomefield found these Woodhouses to be formerly styled Woodhouse, alias Power.[5]
Sir William Woodhouse was the younger son of John Woodhouse of Waxhame[2] and his wife Alice, daughter of William Croftes of Wyston in Norfolk.[6] His elder brother was Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Woodhouse.[2]
William Woodhouse married firstly Anne, daughter of Henry Repps of Thorpe Market in Norfolk, and had:[6]
- Thomas Woodhouse of Hickling, Norfolk, ob. s.p. who married Anne, daughter and heiress of John Wootton of Tuddenham in Norfolk.[6] After his death Anne remarried firstly to Henry Reppes of Mendham, Suffolk, his maternal uncle, the widower of Bess Holland.[7][6] Anne's third and final marriage was to Bassingbourne Gawdy (d. 1590)[8]
- Sir Henry Woodhouse, who married Anne, daughter of Sir Nicholas Bacon, knight, Lord Keeper[6]
- Mary Woodhouse, who married Rafe Shelton of Shelton in Norfolk, son and heir of Sir John Shelton[6] by his wife Margaret, the daughter of Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley, and the sister of Jane Parker, Lady Rochford
- Ann Woodhouse, who married Sir William Haydon, knight, son and heir of Sir Christopher Haydon of Baconsthorpe in Norfolk,[6] and had Sir Christopher Heydon
He married secondly Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir Philip Calthorpe, knight. Elizabeth was the widow of Sir Henry Parker, knight, the son and heir of Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley.[6]
Children of second marriage:[6]
Footnotes
- ISBN 9780436042829.
- ^ a b c d Bindoff. pp.653-655.
- ^ C. S. Knighton & David Loades, Navy of Edward VI and Mary I (Navy Records Society, 2011), pp. 342-5.
- ^ a b "WOODHOUSE, Sir William (by 1517-64), of Hickling, Norf". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ^ Francis Blomefield & Charles Parkin, An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, vol. 9 (London, 1808), p. 353.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 'Woodhouse', in W. Rye (ed.), The Visitacion of Norfolk, made and taken by William Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, anno 1563, enlarged with another Visitacion made by Clarenceux Cook: with many other descents (etc.), Harleian Society XXXII (London 1891), pp. 320-23, at p. 321 (Internet Archive).
- ^ 'Reppes', in Rye (ed.), The Visitacion of Norfolk, pp. 230-31 (Internet Archive).
- ^ 'Hundred of Giltcross, West-Herling', in F. Blomefield, ed. C. Parkin, An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, Volume I (William Miller, London 1805), pp. 297-312, at pp. 305-06; 'St Cleere's Manor, North Tudenham', Volume X (William Miller, London 1809), pp. 263-64 (Google).
Bibliography
- Bindoff, Stanley Thomas (1982). The House of Commons, 1509-1558: History of Parliament Trust. Woodbridge, England: Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 9780436042829.
- "Woodhouse, Sir William (by 1517-64), of Hickling, Norf". The History of Parliament. History of Parliament Trust.