Bassingbourne Gawdy II
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 to 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 Charles Framlingham of Crow’s Hall, Debenham in Suffolk.[2] Gawdy's second wife was Dorothy the daughter of Nicholas Bacon of Redgrave, Suffolk.[2]
Dorothy was the mother of Anne Gawdy. She was popular in court circles, and King James visited Nicolas Bacon's house from Newmarket Palace to see her in January 1618.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 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)
- 1 2 3 4 5 J. Rowe, "Gawdy family (per. c. 1500–1723)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press 2004, updated version 2008) (subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required)
- ↑ Norman Egbert McClure, Letters of John Chamberlain, 2 (Philadelphia, 1939), pp. 208–209.
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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 (pre-1707) for Norfolk
- Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Thetford