Robert Wodehouse

Robert Wodehouse(died 1346) was a medieval English administrator.

He was probably born of common stock inNorwell Woodhouse,Nottinghamshire and found employment as a clerk in the office of the privy seal. In a forty-year career he held a succession of offices. He was cofferer andcomptroller of the wardrobe(1309–1318), before being promoted abaron of the exchequer(until 1323). After another brief spell as comptroller (andKeeper of the Privy Seal) he was appointed in 1323keeper of the wardrobe(until 1328).

He was thenTreasurer(1329-1330),Chancellor of the Exchequer(1330–1331) and Treasurer again in 1338. In December 1338 he was dismissed by Edward III for unsatisfactory service, bringing his government career to an end. However, during his long career he had been well rewarded with a number of church benefices and in 1328 being appointedArchdeacon of Richmond,Yorkshire.

He died, probably at Stamford, early in 1346 and was buried in the choir of the church of the Augustinian friary in Stamford.

References

• Kirby, J.L."Wodehouse, Robert".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29814.Retrieved9 January2012.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)