Family and Education
s. and h. of John Gaynesford I* by his 1st w.; bro. of William* and Nicholas*. educ. adm. L. Inn 5 May 1453. m. (1) Anne, da. of Richard Wakehurst† (d.1455) of Wakehurst in Ardingley, Suss. and Ockley, Surr. by Elizabeth (d.1464), da. of Robert Etchingham of Dixter, Suss., 1s. John†; (2) bef. July 1447, Katherine (d. Aug. 1498), da. of Walter Green* by his 1st. w., wid. of William Stalworth (d.1446) of London, CP40/751, rot. 231. Stalworth had been the King’s surgeon and steward of Cheylesmore, Warws.: CPR, 1436-41, p. 280; 1446-52, pp. 6, 27. 2s. inc. George†, 1da. Dist. 1458.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. election, Surr. 1450.
Commr. to assess a tax, Surr. Aug. 1450; of arrest, Suss. Dec. 1452, May 1454 (of Robert Poynings*); to distribute a tax allowance, Surr. June 1453; of array Sept. 1457, Sept. 1458, Dec. 1459; inquiry Apr. 1460 (escaped prisoners).
J.p. Surr. 28 Dec. 1452 – Jan. 1459.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Crowhurst, Surr.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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