J.p. Essex 1532 – d.; page of the robes by 1537, groom 1540; feodary, duchy of Lancaster, Essex, Herts., London, Mdx., Surr. 1538 – d.; butler, port of Poole, Dorset 1540 – d.; groom, privy chamber 1542, gent. 1544; keeper, site and possessions of Syon abbey, Mdx. 1542, St. Thomas’s hospital, Southwark 1546, Eltham park, Kent 1551; servant of Queen Catherine Parr 1543–5 or later; King’s bailiff, Southwark Dec. 1546; commr. chantries, Essex 1548, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; other commissions 1549 – 52; sheriff, Essex and Herts. 1549 – 50; v.-chamberlain, Househould 8 Apr. 1551 – d.; capt. of the guard 8 Apr. 1551–d. PC 1551–d.; jt. dep. lt. Essex May 1552 – d.; chancellor, duchy of Lancaster 7 July 1552 – d., surveyor, Tutbury honor 1552.
GATES, John (by 1504-53)