GURDON, John (c.1672-1758), of Assington, Suff.

b. c. 1672, 1st s. of Nathaniel Gurdon, rector of Chelmsford, Essex by Elizabeth, da. of Emmanuel Arundell, rector of Stoke Bruern, Northants.; nephew of Philip Gurdon*. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1690; L. Inn 1693. m. settlement 23 June 1694, Letitia (d. 1711), da. and coh. of Sir William Cook, 2nd Bt.*, 6s. 4da. suc. uncle Nathaniel Gurdon at Assington, fa. 1697. J. J. Muskett, Suff. Manorial Fams. i. 287; Vis. England and Wales Notes ed. Crisp, ix. 110–13.