Family and Education
b. 8 Aug. 1589,F. Blomefield, Hist. Norf. i. 306. 1st s. of Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy* of West Harling and his 1st w. Anne, da. and coh. of Sir Charles Framlingham of Crow’s Hall, Debenham, Suff. educ. G. Inn 1624. GI Admiss. m. 16 Feb. 1609, Lettice (bur. 3 Dec. 1630), da. and coh. of Sir Robert Knollys I* of Westminster, 6s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. d.v.p.; (2) 28 Jan. 1653, Dorothy (d.1659), da. of Philip Gawdy* of West Harling and London, s.p. suc. fa. 1606. P. Millican, ‘Gawdys of Norf. and Suff.’, (Norf. Arch. xxvi), 335-90; Vis. Norf. (Harl Soc. xxxii), 126; PROB 11/109, f. 227. d. 25 Feb. 1655. Millican, 368. sig. Framlingham Gaudy.
Offices Held

J.p. Thetford, Norf. 1611 – 49, Norf. 1614–49; Norf. RO, T/C1/3, p. 33; C231/2, f. 155; 231/4, f. 204; Add. 27396, f. 169. commr. subsidy, Norf. and Thetford 1621, 1624, 1628; C212/22/20, 23; W. Rye, Norf. State Pprs. 137. capt. militia foot, Norf. by 1626, Rye, 32, 130. commr. Forced Loan 1627, Ibid. 48. sheriff 1627–8, Norf. Official Lists ed. H. L’Estrange, 21. commr. charitable uses 1629–33, C192/1, unfol. assessment 1641, SR, v. 153. dep. lt. 1642, Jnls. Mar.-June 1642, p. 54. commr. New Model Ordinance 1645, 1645 – 48, militia 1648. A. and O. i. 623, 641, 1089, 1240.

Treas. k.b. and Marshalsea, 1615–16. Norf. RO, MC 98/1/3; HMC Gawdy, 109.

Main residence: Bardwell Hall, West Harling, Norf.
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GAWDY, Framlingham (1589-1655)

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