GATES, Geoffrey (b.c.1550), of Bury St. Edmunds, Suff.

b. c. 1550, 1st s. of Geoffrey Gates of Walton or Waltham, Essex by Elizabeth, da. of William Walsingham of Footscray, Kent, under-sheriff of London. educ. L. Inn 1566, called 1583. m. Elizabeth, da. of John Pinchon of Writtle, Essex by Jane, da. of Sir Richard Empson, at least 1da.Vis Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 266; (xiv), 607; Egerton 1560, f. 269; PCC 16 More; DNB (Gates, Sir John); C. Read, Walsingham, i. 8-11; iii. 425.