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Philip Gawdy (13 July 1562 – 27 May 1617) was an English landowner and letter writer.


Career

Philip Gawdy was the son of Bassingbourne Gawdy, senior, and Anne Wotton. In 1588 his father married Margaret Syliard, widow of Thomas Darcy of Tolleshunt Darcy. He was the younger brother of Bassingbourne Gawdy, junior, who married Anne Framlingham, of Crows Hall,
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, in 1586. At first Philip Gawdy studied law in London, and looked for opportunities at the royal court. He wrote to his parents with news including the appointment of
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as a commissioner for peace in the Netherlands, and competition for the shrievalties of Norfolk and Suffolk, and news of the conflict in Ireland. In 1591 he joined the crew of the '' Revenge'' commanded by Sir Richard Grenville in a small fleet under
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. After encountering the Spanish at the
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, Gawdy was captured and imprisoned in Lisbon at
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. He was released after undertaking to pay £200 in an exchange of prisoners. Gawdy's relatives in Norfolk asked him to commission clothes in the latest London fashion for them, including hats and a
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. In later years, Philip mostly lived at
West Harling Harling is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 2,201 in 932 households at the 2001 census,Framlingham Gawdy Framlingham Gawdy (8 August 1589 – 1654) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1614 to 1648. He was a passive Parliamentarian during the English Civil War. Gawdy was the son of Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy of West Har ...
, had an unsuitable affair or involvement with a Mistress Havers, according to the report of
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. Philip Gawdy took him to London, showing him the lions at the
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, the royal tombs at
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, and the court, where his "cousins" Mary Gargrave and Elizabeth Southwell (1584–1631), the latter from nearby
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, were maids of honour to
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. Gawdy married Bridget (died 1609), daughter of Bartholomew Strangman of Hadleigh, Essex.


Letters and papers

Gawdy's letters are held by the
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. There are extensive archives of the Gawdy family.W. Rye (ed.)
''Historical Manuscripts Commission, Report on the Manuscripts of the Family of Gawdy'', London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, London 1885
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gawdy, Philip 1562 births 1617 deaths People from Harling, Norfolk