Family and Education
b. c.1404, s. and h. of Sir William Gascoigne† (d.1422) by Joan (fl.1431), da. and h. of Henry Wyman (d.1411) of York, goldsmith. Wyman, a naturalised German, is erroneously described as a knight in The Commons 1386-1421, iii. 161. For his career: J. Kermode, Med. Merchants, 346; Reg. Guild Corpus Christi, York (Surtees Soc. lvii), 239-40n. m. Feb. 1426, Margaret, da. of Thomas Clarell (d.1442) of Aldwark, Yorks., by Maud, da. of Sir Nicholas Montgomery† of Cubley, Derbys.; wid. of John Fitzwilliam (d.1421) of Sprotborough, and Robert Waterton (d.1425) of Methley and Everingham, Yorks., ?9s. 6da. The tomb in Harewood church, which, with strong probability, has been ascribed to him and his wife, implies that they had nine sons and six daughters: P. Routh and R. Knowles, Med. Mons. Harewood, 27-29. Kntd. ?5 Nov. 1429.
Offices Held
Commr. to treat for loans, Yorks. (W. Riding) Mar. 1431, Mar. 1439; of gaol delivery, York Nov. 1433 (Sir Ralph Greystoke); array, Yorks. (W. Riding) July 1434, Jan. 1436, Nov. 1448; inquiry, Northumb., Yorks. Dec. 1435 (petition of Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland, for restoration to certain manors); to distribute allowance on tax, Yorks. Jan. 1436, June 1453; to suppress insurgents from Lancs., W. Riding Sept. 1454; of oyer and terminer, Yorks., York, Kingston-upon-Hull May 1460, Cumb., Derbys., Leics., Lincs., Northants., Northumb., Notts., Warws., Westmld., Yorks., Lincoln, Kingston-upon-Hull, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, York Dec. 1460.
Sheriff, Yorks. 4 Nov. 1441 – 6 Nov. 1442.
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Main residence: Gawthorpe, Yorks.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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