GAWDY, Francis (d.1605), of Wallington and Shouldham, Norf.

Family and Education

s. of Thomas Gawdy of Harleston by his 3rd w. Elizabeth, da. of Oliver (or Thomas) Shires. educ. I. Temple 1549, called, bencher by 1558. m. 1563, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Christopher Coningsby of Wellington, 1da.Wards 7/39/2a; Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 125-6; Norf. Arch. xxvii. 79, 81-2, 84. Kntd. 23 July 1603.

Offices Held

J.p.q. Norf. from c. 1564; serjeant-at-law 1577; Queen’s serjeant 1582; recorder, King’s Lynn 1586–9;King’s Lynn congregation bk. 1569–91, f. 316v; 1591–1611, f. 385v. j. Queen’s bench 1588; commr. for Chancery cases 1591;CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 311. l.c.j. common pleas 1605.Foss, Judges, vi. 158 seq.

Parlimentarian

GAWDY, Francis (d.1605), of Wallington and Shouldham, Norf.

Main residences: Wallington; Shouldham, Norf.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

GAWDY, Francis (-d.1605)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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