GURDON, Philip (c.1630-90), of Assington, Suff.

Re-elected without opposition in 1690, and classed as a Whig by Lord Carmarthen (Sir Thomas Osborne†) in a list of the new Parliament, Gurdon was granted leave of absence on 2 May to recover his health and died the following month. He was buried on 23 June, being succeeded at Assington by his brother Nathaniel. Vis. England and Wales Notes ed. Crisp, ix. 108; J. J. Muskett, Suff. Manorial Fams. i. 287; Add. 19077, ff. 69, 77; St. Martin Outwich (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxii), 45; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 1287; London Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. xcii), 75; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London (London and Mdx. Arch. Soc.), 86.