"Bassingbourne Gawdy (1535 \u2013 20 January 1590), of West Harling, Norfolk, was an English landowner, magistrate and Member of Parliament (MP). He was the second son of Thomas Gawdy (d.1556) of Shotesham and Redenhall, Norfolk, by his father's first wife, Anne, daughter and coheiress of John Bassingbourne of Woodhall, Hatfield, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matriculating in 1545, and trained in the law at the Inner Temple. In 1557 Bassingbourne was investigated for selling wood at Middleton Hall. On 26 September 1558 Gawdy married Anne Wotten. Through her, Bassingbourne obtained property in West Harling. 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\u201379. In 1584 he was elected an MP for Eye, Suffolk. Bassingbourne Gawdy was buried on 25 January 1589/90 at West Harling."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Bassingbourne Gawdy (1535 \u2013 20 January 1590), of West Harling, Norfolk, was an English landowner, magistrate and Member of Parliament (MP). He was the second son of Thomas Gawdy (d.1556) of Shotesham and Redenhall, Norfolk, by his father's first wife, Anne, daughter and coheiress of John Bassingbourne of Woodhall, Hatfield, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matriculating in 1545, and trained in the law at the Inner Temple. Bassingbourne Gawdy was buried on 25 January 1589/90 at West Harling."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "36290530"^^ . . "Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1590)"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "10976"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1119987507"^^ . . .