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Gascoigne, William (1404 - 1461/62)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1404
Death Date: 1462

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Clarel, Margaret ( - 1461/62)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1426
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1430/1-03
    Vacated: 1465

Details of Offices

Began Ended
MP, Yorkshire 1431
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, York 1433
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1434
MP, Yorkshire 1435
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1435/6
JP, Yorkshire 1439
Sheriff, Yorkshire 1441 -11 -4 1442 -11 -6
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1448
MP, Yorkshire 1452/3 (date uncertain)

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Gawthorpe, Yorkshire: West Riding

Lands

  • (city-county) in Yorkshire
    Acquired: 1441
    Divested: 1447
    Tenements
  • Yorkshire: West Riding: Arthington, Askwith, Burgh Waleys, Darrington, Denton, Guiseley, Sprotborough, Sutton, Wheldale

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Sir William Gascoigne's Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir William Gascoigne's Minstrel Gascoigne, William (1404 - 1462) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Roskell, J.S., Linda Clark and Carole Rawcliffe, eds. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1386–1421. 4 vols. Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing for The History of Parliament Trust, 1992
  • Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936