Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1590)

Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1590), of West Harling, Norfolk, was an English politician. The second son of Thomas Gawdy (d. 1556) of Shottesham and Redenhall, Norfolk, he was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matriculating in 1545, 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, and was High Sheriff of Norfolk for 1578–79. In 1584, he was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) for Eye, Suffolk.

Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1590)

Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1590), of West Harling, Norfolk, was an English politician. The second son of Thomas Gawdy (d. 1556) of Shottesham and Redenhall, Norfolk, he was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matriculating in 1545, 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, and was High Sheriff of Norfolk for 1578–79. In 1584, he was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) for Eye, Suffolk.