Family and Education
s. and h. of Walter Gower (d.1443) of Stittenham by his w. Joan (fl.1443); er. bro. of Edward Gower†. CP40/596, rot. 153d; Test. Ebor. ii (Surtees Soc. xxx), 89. m. at least 1s. Dist. Yorks. 1457.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. elections, Yorks. 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.), 1450, 1453, 1455, 1460.
Riding forester of the forest of Galtres, Yorks. 14 Jan. 1439 – 13 Jan. 1460.
Commr. of array, N. Riding Nov. 1448; inquiry, Scarborough Mar. 1458 (piracy).
Receiver, duchy of Lancaster lordship of Pickering, Yorks. by Mich. 1453-aft. Mich. 1457.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Stittenham, Yorks.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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