Background
Robinson was the son of Robert Robinson of Gloucester.
Robinson was the son of Robert Robinson of Gloucester.
He matriculated at Street Alban Hall, Oxford on 14 October 1597, aged 15, and in 1601 entered the Middle Temple to study law. He was sheriff of Gloucester in 1616. In 1626 he was made an alderman for life and in 1629 he was made Mayor of Gloucester for a year.
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In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucester and re-elected Member of Parliament in 1624.