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bap. ?16 Sept. 1565, Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, p. 308. No fa. is given, and this could be a child of his uncle, John Gee, but the latter’s will [Borthwick, Reg. Test. 24, f. 525] mentions no son of this name. 1st s. of William Gee, merchant and alderman of Hull, Yorks. and Elizabeth, da. of Walter Jobson†, merchant and alderman of Hull.Hull RO, Bench Bk. 4, ff. 25, 44v, 216v, 229v, 356v. educ. ?St. John’s, Camb. 1577; Furnival’s Inn; L. Inn 1580, called 1589.Al. Cant. (W. Gee/Jee); LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 11. m. (1) by 1591, Thomasine (bur. 24 Dec. 1599), da. of Matthew Hutton, abp. of York 1595-1606, 5s. d.v.p. 2da. (1 d.v.p.); St. Michael-le-Belfry, 66-7; Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 21-2. (2) settlement 4 July 1601, Mary (bur. 6 Sept. 1649), da. of Thomas Crompton† of Hounslow, Mdx. and Bennington, Herts. 5s. (1 d.v.p.), 3da. C142/332/165; Hull UL, DDGE/3/30a; Clay, Dugdale’s Vis Yorks. iii. 22. suc. fa. 1603; Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, p. 389. Kntd. 30 May 1604.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 132. d. 3 Dec. 1611. C142/332/165. sig. William Gee.
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J.p. co. Dur. c. 1592, 1608, Beverley liberty, Yorks. c. 1597 – d., Yorks. (E. Riding) by 1601 – d., Ripon liberty by 1601–d.; Hatfield House, ms 278; SP14/33; C181/1, ff. 7–8, 26; C181/2, f. 146; Add. 38139. commr. sewers, E. Riding and Hull 1597, 1603, 1604, subsidy, Hull 1598, 1608; Hull RO, M.101; C181/1, ff. 117, 153; E179/204/346, 349; SP14/31/1. member, High Commission, York prov. 1599, 1604; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 1, pp. 224–5; HMC Hatfield, xv. 394. sec. and kpr. of signet, Council in the North (jt.) 1604 – 09, (sole) 1609–d.;C66/1643, 1814. commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1606 – d., aid, E. Riding and Hull 1609. C181/2, ff. 23, 29, 117; SP14/43/107.

Steward, reader’s dinner, L. Inn, Lent 1595; LI Black Bks. ii. 38, 40. recorder, Beverley 1597 – 1609, Hull 1598–d. Yorks. ERRO, BC/II/5/1, ff. 7v, 9; Hull RO, Bench Bk. 4, f. 321; Bench Bk. 5, f. 10.

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GEE, William (?1565-1611), of York Minster Yard and Bishop Burton, Yorks.
Main residences: York Minster YardSt. Michael-le-Belfry (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. i), 67.; Bishop Burton, Yorks.
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Commons 1604-1629
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GEE, William (?1565-1611)

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