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GOURNEY, Thomas (by 1529-74), of Townstall, Dartmouth, Devon.

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b. by 1529. m. Thomasin, 1s. 1da.Date of birth estimated from his subsidy assessment in 1550, E179/99/321. Vis. Devon, ed. Vivian, 433.
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2nd bailiff, Dartmouth 1552 – 53, mayor 1557–8.E134/28–29 Eliz.; C219/21/44; Exeter city lib. Dartmouth mss 2003, f. 11.

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GOURNEY, Thomas (by 1529-74), of Townstall, Dartmouth, Devon.
Main residence: Townstall, Dartmouth, Devon.
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GOURNEY, Thomas (by 1529-74)

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GOSTWICK, John (by 1493-1545), of Wakefield, Yorks.; Willington, Beds. of London.

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b. by 1493, 1st s. of John Gostwick of Willington by a da. of one Leventhorpe. m. by 1524, Joan, 1s. Kntd. 1970.Date of birth estimated from first reference. This biography rests on H. P. R. Finberg, ‘The Gostwicks of Willington’, Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. xxxvi. 38-72. Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 32-33; C142/73/1.
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Servant of Wolsey by 1514 – 29, ?master of horse in 1520, comptroller of household by 1527 – 29, auditor lordships of Middleham, Richmond and Wakefield, Yorks. 1523; j.p. Beds. 1532 – d., Hunts. 1536–?d.; gent. usher extraordinary, privy chamber by 1533, commr. for tenths of spiritualities, Beds., Bucks. and Hunts. 1535, to dissolve monasteries, Beds. 1538, 1539, benevolence 1544/45; treasurer and receiver-gen. first fruits and tenths by May 1535 – Jan. 1541; treasurer, ct. first fruits and tenths 21 Jan. 1541 – d.; sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 1541 – 42; high steward, St. Bartholomew’s hospital by d. LP Hen. VIII, ii-v, vii, viii, x, xi, xiii-xv, xx; W. C. Richardson, Tudor Chamber Admin. 337; Trans. R. Hist. Soc. (ser. 4), xvi. 137.

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GOSTWICK, John (by 1493-1545), of Wakefield, Yorks.; Willington, Beds. of London.
Main residences: Wakefield, Yorks. and Willington, Beds. and London.
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N.M.F.
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Commons 1509-1558
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GOSTWICK, John (by 1493-1545)

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GOSNOLD, John (by 1507-54), of Otley, Suff. and London.

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b. by 1507, 1st s. of Robert Gosnold of Otley by Agnes, da. of John Hill of Ashe. educ. G. Inn, adm. 1526, called 1528. m. Catherine, da. of Sir Thomas Blennerhasset of Frenze, Norf.Date of birth estimated from call to bar. N. Bacon, Annals Ipswich, 241n; W. R. Douthwaite, G. Inn, 50; Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 7-8.
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J.p. Suff. 1543 – d., Mdx. 1547 – d.; custos rot. Suff. by 1547 – d.; commr. chantries, Norf. and Suff. 1546, 1548, heresies 1549, 1551, 1552, relief, Mdx., Suff. 1550, reform of canon law 1551, goods of churches and fraternities, London 1553; other commissions 1541 – d.; officer, ct. augmentations by 1543 – 46, solicitor 1547 – 52; solicitor-gen. 1 May 1552-Sept. 1553.LP Hen. VIII, xxi; C66/801 ex inf. J. C. Sainty; CPR, 1547–8 to 1553–4 passim; Foxe, Acts and Mons. v. 713–14; APC, ii. 369, 382–5, 460.

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GOSNOLD, John (by 1507-54), of Otley, Suff. and London.
Main residences: Otley, Suff.; London.
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J.P.
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Commons 1509-1558
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GOSNOLD, John (by 1507-54)

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GORING, Sir William (by 1500-54), of Burton, Suss.

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b. by 1500, 1st s. of John Goring of Burton by Constance, da. of Henry Dyke of Suss. m. by 1521, Elizabeth (d. 10 Nov. 1558), da. and h. of John Covert of Slaugham, 3s. inc. George 2da. suc. fa. 1520. Kntd. 1526.Date of birth estimated from marriage. Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 45-46; Comber, Suss. Genealogies (Ardingly), 180; Suss. Arch. Colls. xxiii. 142; H. H. Leonard, ‘Knights and knighthood’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1970), 163.
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Sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1530 – 31, 1535 – 36, 1550 – 51; j.p. Suss. 1532 – d.; knight of the body by 1533; commr. musters, Suss. 1539, chantries 1548, relief 1550, church goods Suss., Chichester 1552; chamberlain, household of Queen Anne of Cleves 1540 – 46; gent. the privy chamber by 1547–d.LP Hen. VIII, v. ix, xiii-xv, xx; CPR, 1547–8, p. 90; 1548–9, p. 135; 1550–3, pp. 52, 142, 395–6; E179/69/48; Stowe 571, f. 30.

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GORING, Sir William (by 1500-54), of Burton, Suss.
Main residence: Burton, Suss.
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R.J.W.S.
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Commons 1509-1558
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GORING, Sir William (by 1500-54)

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GORE, Michael (1506/7-48 or later).

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b. 1506 /7, yr. s. of Richard Gore (d.1543) of Nether Wallop, Hants. educ. Winchester 1519, New Coll., Oxf. scholar 19 Nov. 1523, fellow 1525-6, BCL 8 May 1531. m. 1526.Aged 12 on entry to Winchester. Hants RO, wills R. 1544; Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Oxf. 1501-40, p. 242.
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GORE, Michael (1506/7-48 or later).
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P.H.
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GORE, Michael (1506/7-at least 48)

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