Career
In 1695 he was elected to the House of Commons for Thetford, a seat he held until 1698 and again from 1701 to 1702 and 1705 to 1708. He also represented Norfolk from 1710 to 1713. At some point he was the Recorder of Thetford.
Wodehouse married Elizabeth Benson in 1700.
Wodehouse"s descendants include Foreign Secretary John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, and the author P. G. Wodehouse.