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GATES, Sir Henry (c.1515-89), of Seamer, Yorks.; Kilburn, Mdx.; Kew, Surr. and Havering, Essex.

Family and Education
b. c. 1515, 3rd s. of Geoffrey Gates (d.1526) by Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Clopton; bro. of Sir John. m. (1) by 1544, Lucy (d.1577), da. of Charles Knyvet, 4s. inc. Edward 4da.; (2) by Dec. 1584, Katherine, da. of Watkin Vaughan of Bredwardine, wid. of James Boyle of Hereford. Kntd. 1547.VCH Yorks, N.R. ii. 488; CSP Dom. 1581-90, p. 215; Dugdale, Vis. Yorks. ed. Clay, iii. 311; Coll. Top et Gen. i. 396-7; Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xcvi. 20-3.
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Gent pens. by June 1546; j.p. Suff. and Essex 1547 – 53; gent usher of privy chamber by June 1551–3; comptroller of petty customs in port of London by 1551 – 53; receiver, duchy of Cornwall 1552 – 53; member, council in the north 1558 – d.; j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) from c. 1559, (E. Riding) from c. 1561, (W. Riding) from c. 1569, co. Dur. from c. 1561; custos rot. N. Riding 1562; v.-adm. Yorks. by 1565 – 74; dep. constable and steward of Pickering Lythe (duchy of Lancaster) by 1565; rider of Pickering 1568 – 79; gov. Scarborough castle c. 1570; j.p. Cumb. from c. 1569, Northumb. and Westmld. from c.1573.Stowe 571, ff. 6–7, 11, 30; CSP For. 1558–9, p. 55; CPR, 1560–3, pp. 436, 437, 445; APC, vii. 231; viii. 343; CSP Dom. Add. 1547–65, p. 568; Add. 1580–1625, p. 231; Somerville, Duchy, i. 536.

Main residences: Seamer, Yorks. and Kilburn, Mdx. and and Kew, Surr. and Havering, Essex.
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GATES, Geoffrey (b.c.1550), of Bury St. Edmunds, Suff.

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b. c. 1550, 1st s. of Geoffrey Gates of Walton or Waltham, Essex by Elizabeth, da. of William Walsingham of Footscray, Kent, under-sheriff of London. educ. L. Inn 1566, called 1583. m. Elizabeth, da. of John Pinchon of Writtle, Essex by Jane, da. of Sir Richard Empson, at least 1da.Vis Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 266; (xiv), 607; Egerton 1560, f. 269; PCC 16 More; DNB (Gates, Sir John); C. Read, Walsingham, i. 8-11; iii. 425.
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Main residence: Bury St. Edmunds, Suff.
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GATES, Geoffrey (b. c.1550)

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GATES, Edward (1547-1621), of Seamer, Yorks.

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b. 24 Apr. 1547, 1st. s. of Sir Henry Gates of Seamer by his 1st w. educ. Pembroke, Camb. 1562; L. Inn 1565. m. Elizabeth, da. and h. of Richard Cave of Stamford, Lincs. suc. fa. 1589.Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 396; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ed. Clay, iii. 311; Rylands Eng. ms 302, f. 37.
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J.p. Yorks. (N. and E. Ridings) from c. 1579; constable, Scarborough castle 1584.HMC Hatfield, xii. 103–4; CSP Dom. 1581–90, p. 109.

Main residence: Seamer, Yorks.
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GATES, Edward (1547-1621)

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GASCOIGNE, George (by 1537-77), of Cardington, Beds. and Walthamstow, Essex.

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b. by 1537, 1st. s. of Sir John Gascoigne by Margaret, da. and h. of Sir Robert Scargill of Thorpe Hall, Richmond, Yorks.C142/151/3; DNB; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 72, 173. educ. ?Trinity Coll. Camb.;Al. Cant. i(2), p. 199; Hemetes the Hermit, f. 6. No evidence of Gascoigne’s attendance has been found. G. Inn 1555, ancient 1565. m. bigamously, Nov. 1561, Elizabeth, da. of John Bacon, wid. of William Breton of London, and w. of Edward Boys of Nonington, Kent, 1s. suc. fa. 1568.C. T. Prouty, George Gascoigne, 293-304; cf. PCC 16 Chaynay; Vis. Beds. 72; PCC 12 Babington.
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Dep. almoner at Elizabeth’s coronation 1559; govt. agent in Netherlands Aug.-Nov. 1576.C3/76/82; HMC 11th Rep. IV, 3; Prouty, 93–5.

Main residences: Cardington, Beds.; Walthamstow, Essex.
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GASCOIGNE, George (by 1537-77)

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GASCOIGNE, Edmund (d.1572), of Barnham-near-Thetford, Norf.

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s. of Laurence Gascoigne by his w. Katherine. m. Alice, at least 4s. 1da.
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Mayor, Thetford 1558 – 59, 1568–9.

Main residence: Barnham-near-Thetford, Norf.
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GASCOIGNE, Edmund (-d.1572)

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