Robert served six separate times in Parliament representing Gloucestershire in November 1384, 1391, January 1404, 1406, 1411, and April 1414.
[1] In 1382 and beyond, Robert served in various positions within the local government in Gloucestershire as sheriff, justice of the peace, alnager, tax collector, coroner, forester and four terms as escheator.
[1] In 1400, Robert was granted for life Corse Chase, formerly owned by the then disgraced Thomas, Lord Despenser, and an additional fee in the amount of £12 from the manor of Stoke Orchard.
According to family history, Richard gave Robert a collar denoting his service to the House of Lancaster and several other special household items.
He requested that he be buried in the church at Pauntley and a chaplain preside over the service for one year for he, his parents, John Browning and Sybil Staunton, and paupers.