Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1590)

Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1590), of West Harling, Norfolk, was an English politician.

The second son of Thomas Gawdy (d. 1556) of Shottesham and Redenhall, Norfolk, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and trained in the law at the Inner Temple. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Suffolk from c. 1573 and for Norfolk from c. 1583, and was High Sheriff of Norfolk for 1578–79.

In 1584, he was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) for Eye, Suffolk.

He married twice: firstly Anne, the daughter of John Wootton of Tuddenham, Norfolk, and the widow of Henry Reppes, with whom he had two sons and secondly Margaret, the daughter of Eustace Sulyard, and widow of Thomas Darcy of Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Essex. He was succeeded by his son Bassingbourne.

References

"GAWDY, Bassingbourne I (d.1590), of West Harling, Norf". History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 November 2012.

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