Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1590)

Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1590), of West Harling, Norfolk, was an English politician.

He was the second son of Thomas Gawdy (d.1556) of Shottesham and Redenhall, Norfolk, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and trained in the law at the Inner Temple.

He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Suffolk from c.1573 and for Norfolk from c.1583. He was High Sheriff of Norfolk for 1578–79.

He was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) for Eye in 1584.

He married twice:firstly Anne, the daughter of John Wootton of Tuddenham, Norfolk, and the ?widow of Henry Reppes,with whom he had two sons and secondly Margaret, the daughter of Eustace Sulyard, and widow of Thomas Darcy of Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Essex. He was succeeded by his son Bassingbourne.

References

• "GAWDY, Bassingbourne I (d.1590), of West Harling, Norf.". History of Parliament. Retrieved 2012-11-15.