Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1606)
Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy (1560[1] – 17 May 1606), of West Harling, Norfolk, was an English lawyer and judge, knight, and Member of Parliament.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Gawdy was the son of Bassingbourne Gawdy of West Harling, Norfolk and Anne (died 1587), daughter of John Wootton of North Tuddenham in Norfolk. He was a brother of Phillip Gawdy (1562–1617).[1]
Having trained for the law at the Inner Temple, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Norfolk by 1591 and High Sheriff of Norfolk for 1593–94 and 1601–02. He also served as a deputy lieutenant for Norfolk in 1605.[1] He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Norfolk in 1601. Later Gawdy became the MP of Thetford from 1593 and 1604.[2]
Gawdy succeeded his father in 1590 (inheriting his lands at West Harling and nearby Bardwell Hall, Suffolk) and was knighted in 1597.[2]
Gawdy died on 17 May 1606. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Framlingham Gawdy.[1]
Family
[edit]Gawdy first married Anne daughter of Sir Charles Framlingham of Crow’s Hall, Debenham in Suffolk.[2] Gawdry's second wife was Dorothy the daughter of Nicholas Bacon of Redgrave, Suffolk.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e J.H., "Gawdy, Bassingbourne II (1560-1606), of West Harling, Norf.", in P.W. Hasler (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603 (Boydell and Brewer, 1981)
- ^ a b c d e J. Rowe, "Gawdy family (per. c. 1500–1723)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press 2004, updated version 2008) (subscription or UK public library membership required)
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- 1560 births
- 1606 deaths
- People from Harling, Norfolk
- High sheriffs of Norfolk
- Knights Bachelor
- English MPs 1593
- Deputy lieutenants of Norfolk
- English MPs 1601
- English MPs 1604–1611
- English justices of the peace
- 16th-century English knights
- Members of the Parliament of England for Norfolk
- Members of the Parliament of England for Thetford