Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1590)

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Bassingbourne Gawdy (d. 20 January 1590 [1] ), of West Harling, Norfolk, was an English landowner, magistrate and Member of Parliament (MP). [2]

Gawdy 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. [1] He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matriculating in 1545, [3] and trained in the law at the Inner Temple.

Gawdy was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Suffolk from about 1573 and for Norfolk from around 1583, and was High Sheriff of Norfolk for 1578–1579. [1] In 1584 he was elected an MP for Eye, Suffolk.

Gawdy was buried on 25 January 1589/90 at West Harling. [4] [ non-primary source needed ] [5]

Family

Gawdry's married twice.

Gawdy's first wife was Anne, the daughter of John Wootton of North Tuddenham, Norfolk. [6] They were married on 26 September 1558. [7] [8] Through her, Bassingbourne obtained property in West Harling. [6] She was buried at West Harling on 9 June 1587. [9] [ non-primary source needed ] They had two sons: Bassingbourne Gawdy and Philip Gawdy

Gawdy's second wife was Margaret, the daughter of Eustace Sulyard, and widow of Thomas Darcy of Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex. They married in December 1588: she died within two years, and was buried on 15 August 1590. [10] [ better source needed ]

References

  1. 1 2 3 J.H., "Gawdy, Bassingbourne I (d.1590), of West Harling, Norf.", in P.W. Hasler (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603 (from Boydell and Brewer, 1981), History of Parliament Online.
  2. ↑ J. Rowe, 'Gawdy family (per. c. 1500–1723)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press 2004, updated version 2008), subscription required for internet access.
  3. ↑ "Gawdy, Bassingborne (GWDY545B)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ↑ "Bassingborne Gawdye sen. esquier was buried xxv. daye of January 1589", Parish Registers of West Harling, Norfolk, commencing 1538: Norfolk Record Office, Norwich, ref. PD 27/1.
  5. ↑ Blomefield mistakenly gives 1569 for the date of the elder Bassingbourne's death, and therefore wrongly assigns the shrievalty of 1573 to the younger Bassingbourne, see Jeayes, Letters of Philip Gawdy, Introduction, pp. viij-ix (Internet Archive).
  6. 1 2 'Hundred of Giltcross, West-Herling', in F. Blomefield, ed. C. Parkin, An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, Volume I (William Miller, London 1805), pp. 297-312, at pp. 305-06; 'St Cleere's Manor, North Tudenham', Volume X (William Miller, London 1809), pp. 263-64 (Google).
  7. ↑ "The king and prince at Culford, 1618-19", in J. Nichols, The Progresses, Processions and Magnificent Festivities of King James the First, 3 vols (J.B. Nichols, London 1828), III, at pp. 525-6 from BL MS 4173.(Google).
  8. ↑ H. L. Meakin, The Painted Closet of Lady Anne Bacon Drury (Ashgate, Aldershot, 2013), pp. 32-3, has the visit at Redgrave.
  9. ↑ "Mrs Anne Gawdye ye wife of mr Bassingborne Gawdy se.[nior] was buried ix° Junij 1587". Parish Registers of West Harling, Norfolk, commencing 1538: Norfolk Record Office, Norwich, ref. PD 27/1 (Norfolk Record Office).
  10. ↑ M.M. Gowdy, ed. G.T. Ridlon, A Family History Comprising the Surnames of Gade [etc] ... and the Variant Forms, from A. D. 800 to A. D. 1919, 2 vols (Journal Press, Lewiston, Me. 1919), I, pp. 41-42 (Hathi Trust)
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