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b. c. 1554, 1st s. of Gerrard Gore of London, alderman and Merchant Taylor and Helena, da. of John Davenant of Essex. Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 326. educ. Clare, Camb. 1581. m. by 1583 (with £500) Mary (bur. 15 Sept. 1623), da. of William Albany of London, Merchant Taylor, 6s. (1 d.v.p.) 10 or 11da. (at least 2 d.v.p.). PROB 11/75, f. 129v; 11/143, f. 508r-v; Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 55; St. Mary Aldermary, 61-9, 143, 149; All Hallows, Bread Street and St. John the Evangelist, Friday Street (Harl. Soc. Reg., xliii), 180; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 2), ii. 225. suc. fa. 1607. d. c. Oct. 1622.
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Freeman, Merchant Taylors’ Co. 1575, liveryman 1581, 4th warden 1589, asst. 1590, 1st warden 1595, master 1602–3; C.M. Clode Early Hist. of Merchant Taylors, i. 183, 220; ii. 343; GL, Merchant Taylors’ microfilm M324 (index to freemen). dep. gov. Merchant Adventurers by 1601-at least 1606, Lansd. 150, f. 23; Bowyer Diary, 34. Bowyer describes him as governor of the Company, but he presumably meant deputy governor, as the governorship was then held by Sir Henry Rowe: LJ, ii. 431. dep. at Hamburg by 1614-at least Jan. 1622; APC, 1613–14, p. 398; 1619–21, p. 38; J. Wing, Jacob’s Staffe: to beare up the faithfull (Flushing, 1621), ded.; SP81/20, f. 223. member, Spanish Co. 1605, French Co. 1611. Spanish Co. ed P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 96; Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 64.

Dep. alderman, Cordwainer Street Ward, London 1590-at least 1598, St. Mary Aldermary, 63–6. auditor 1601 – 03, 1606–8; A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of London i. 276. commr. charitable uses, London 1604; C93/2/28. gov. Christ’s hosp., London by 1604-at least 1607. GL, ms 12806/3, ff. 139, 148v.

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GORE, Richard (c.1554-1622), of Bow Lane, London; later of Hamburg
Main residences: Bow Lane, London; Hamburg.
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A.D.T.
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Commons 1604-1629
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GORE, Richard (c.1554-1622)

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