Gilbert Beesby ( fl. 1382–1401) was an English merchant, mayor and

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. Beesby was Bailiff of Lincoln in September 1371 – 1372, and Mayor of Lincoln in 1380–81. He was a Member of the

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in 1382, 1388 and 1401.

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