GIBSON, Richard (by 1480-1534), of London and New Romney, Kent.

Yeoman tailor, the great wardrobe 1501 – d., porter 1504 – d.; yeoman of the tents by 1513, serjeant by 1518; serjeant-at-arms by 1521 – d.; warden, Merchant Taylors’ Co. 1518, master 1530; jurat, New Romney by 1524 – d.; commr. sewers, Kent 1526, for return of aliens, London 1528; City’s bailiff, Southwark and swordbearer, London 1528.CPR, 1494–1509, pp. 221, 350; LP Hen. VIII, i, ii, iv, vii; HMC 5th Rep. 550; H. L. Hopkinson, Anct. Recs. Merchant Taylors, 116, 117; Cinque Ports White and Black Bks. (Kent Arch. Soc. recs. br. xix), 190, 191, 193, 209, 217; City of London RO, Guildhall, rep. 8, f. 3; D. J. Johnson, Southwark and the City, 46–47.