Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1723)
Bassingbourne Gawdy may refer to: * Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1590), MP for Eye *Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1606) Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy (19 May 1560 – 17 May 1606), of West Harling, Norfolk, was an English lawyer and judge, knight, and Member of Parliament.C. Kyle, 'Gawdy, Sir Bassingbourne (1560-1606), of Bardwell Hall, West Harling, Norf.', in A. Thrus ...

Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1590)
Bassingbourne Gawdy (1535 – 20 January 1590), of West Harling, Norfolk, was an English landowner, magistrate and Member of Parliament (MP). He was the second son of Thomas Gawdy (d.1556) of Shotesham and Redenhall, Norfolk, by his father's first wife, Anne, daughter and coheiress of John Bassingbourne of Woodhall, Hatfield, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matriculating in 1545, and trained in the law at the Inner Temple. In 1557 Bassingbourne was investigated for selling wood at Middleton Hall.M.M. Gowdy, ed. G.T. Ridlon, ''A Family History Comprising the Surnames of Gade tc... and the Variant Forms, from A. D. 800 to A. D. 1919'', 2 vols (Journal Press, Lewiston, Me. 1919), Ipp. 41-42(Hathi Trust). This source is utterly confused. On 26 September 1558 Gawdy married Anne Wotten. Through her, Bassingbourne obtained property in West Harling. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Suffolk from c. 1573 and for Norfolk from c. 1583, and was High ...
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