Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1606)

Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy (1560–1606), of West Harling, Norfolk, was an English politician.^[1]

Biography[]

He was the son of Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy of West Harling, Norfolk and trained for the law at the Inner Temple. In 1557 Bassingborune was investigated for selling wood at Middleton Hall.^[2] On 26 September 1558 Gawdy married Anne Wotten.^[3]^[4]^[5] Through Anne Wotten Bassingbourne obtained property in Hawling.

In 1573 Bassingbourne became the sheriff of Norfolk. 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. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Norfolk in 1601. Later Bassingbourne became the MP of Thetford from 1593 and 1604.

Bassingbourne succeeded his father in 1590 (inheriting his lands at West Harling and nearby Bardwell Hall, Suffolk) and was knighted in 1597.

Bassingbourne died on 22 May 1606.^[6]

Family[]

He married secondly to Dorothy, the daughter of Nicholas Bacon of Redgrave, Suffolk, who bore him a further two sons and three daughters. He was succeeded by his son Framlingham Gawdy.^[7] One of his daughters was Anne Gawdy, a woman admired for her beauty and accomplishments. He had two other sons Phillip Gawdy and Bassingbourne Gawdy II. Phillip was born in 1562 and Bassingbourne II was born in 1560.^[6]

References[]

^ 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 (from Boydell and Brewer, 1981), History of Parliament online.
^ Gowdy, Mahlon Myron (1919). A Family History Comprising the Surnames of Gade-Gadie--Gaudie--Gawdie--Gawdy--Gowdy--Goudy-Goudey--Gowdey--Gauden--Gaudern--and the Variant Forms, from A. D. 800 to A. D. 1919 Compiled from Authentic Public and Private Records Embracing a Compendium of Family History, Genealogy and Biography Covering a Period of Eight Hundred Years. Supplemented by an Appendix of Gleanings Illustrated with Portraits, Views of Family Seats. Journal Press.
^ H. L. Meakin, The Painted Closet of Lady Anne Bacon Drury (Ashgate, Aldershot, 2013), pp. 32-3, has the visit at Redgrave.
^ John Nichols, Progresses of James the First, vol. 3 (London, 1828), pp. 525-6.
^ John Nichols, Progresses of James the First, vol. 3 (London, 1828), p. 526, from BL MS 4173.
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^ J. Burke and J.B. Burke, Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland, 2nd edition (Scott, Webster and Geary, London 1841), pp. 215-16 (Google).