GOWER, Thomas I (d.1458), of Clapham, Surr.

Lt. of John, Lord Talbot, at Falaise by 29 Dec. 1428 – 15 Dec. 1429, of John, duke of Bedford, at Alencon 12 Feb.-aft. 6 Dec. 1431, A.E. Curry, ‘Military Organization in Lancastrian Normandy’ (Council for National Academic Awards Ph.D. thesis, 1985), ii. pp. xli, lxxiv, lxxviii. of John Beaufort, earl of Somerset, at Cherbourg 14 July 1439–27 May 1444; Ibid. ii. p. lxiv; M.K. Jones, ‘The Beaufort Fam. and the War in France, 1421–1450’ (Bristol Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1982), 119. jt. lt. with Matthew Gough of Sir John Fastolf at Le Mans by 1 Oct. 1434-aft. 30 Sept. 1435; Paston Letters ed. Gairdner, ii. 40. lt. of Henry Holand, duke of Exeter, constable of the Tower of London, by Trin. 1456–d. KB29/86, rot. 35d.

Capt. of Evreux 12 Mar.-Mich. 1430, Cherbourg 27 May 1444–12 Aug. 1450. Curry, ii. p. lxiv.

Bailli of Le Mans c.1433-aft. Jan. 1439. Letters and Pprs. Illust. Wars of English, ed. Stevenson, ii (2), 552; Jones, 107.