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Family and Education
yr. s. of John Gaynesford I* by his 1st w.; bro. of John II* and Nicholas*. educ. adm. L. Inn by Christmas 1433. L. Inn Adm. i. 7. m. bef. 1439, Joan (c.1420-3 June 1453), da. and h. of John Symond (d.1444), CIPM, xxvi. 298. by Margaret (d.1424) da. and h. of John Gobyon (d.1422) of Ashwell, 2s. 1da.
Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Surr. 1450, 1459, 1460.

Auditor, L. Inn Mich. 1441–2; pensioner 1442 – 43; gov. 1443 – 44, 1447 – 49, 1452 – 53, 1459 – 60.

Commr. of arrest, Suss. Dec. 1452, July 1460; sewers, river Thames May, June 1453, Suss. coast Nov. 1457; gaol delivery, Guildford Dec. 1453 (q.), May 1456 (q.), Mar. 1457, June, Nov. 1460 (q.), Aug. 1461 (q.), Mar. 1463 (q.); C66/478, m. 21d; 481, m. 13d; 489, m. 8d; 490, m. 19d; 494, m. 26d; 505, m. 9d. to take assize of novel disseisin, Surr. Aug. 1455; C66/749, m. 16d. of inquiry, Suss. Sept. 1456, Feb. 1457 (escaped prisoners), Feb. 1457, Feb. 1458 (nuncupative will of John Fust*); array, Surr. Sept. 1457, Mar. 1461; to raise archers Dec. 1457.

J.p.q. Surr. 28 Dec. 1452–60, 16 July 1461 – Apr. 1464, Suss. 8 Oct. 1456 – Nov. 1458.

Tax collector, Surr. July 1463.

Parlimentarian
GAYNESFORD, William (d.1466), of Lingfield, Surr. and Ashwell, Essex.
Main residences: Lingfield, Surr.; Ashwell, Essex.
Author
M.P.D.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
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