HOUGHTON, Robert (1548-1624), of Lincoln’s Inn and Norwich, Norf.

Family and Education

b. 3 Aug. 1548, 3rd s. of John Houghton of Gunthorpe, Norf. by Agnes, da. of Robert Playford of Brinton, Norf. educ. L. Inn, called 1577. m. Mary, da. of Robert Rychers of Wrotham, Kent, 3s. 3da. Kntd. 1613.DNB; Foss, Judges, vi. 161-2; Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 161.

Offices Held

Steward, Norwich 1585 – 95, recorder 1595 – 1613; of counsel to King’s Lynn 1590s; j.p.q. Norf. 1593; bencher, L. Inn 1589, reader 1591, 1600, treasurer 1599; serjeant-at-law 1603; judge of King’s bench 1613.H. Le Strange, Norf. Official Lists, 127–8; L. Inn Black Bk. ii. 11, 17, 57, 59, 66; King’s Lynn congregation bk. 1591–1611, ff. 40, 73, 219.

Parlimentarian

HOUGHTON, Robert (1548-1624), of Lincoln’s Inn and Norwich, Norf.

Main residences: Lincoln's Inn; Norwich, Norf.

Author

G.M.C.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

HOUGHTON, Robert (1548-1624)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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