GOSSE, Richard (d.c.1457), of Bridgwater and Kidsbury in Wembdon, Som.
Attestor, parlty. elections, Bridgwater 1432, 1435, Som. 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1450.
Collector, customs and subsidies, Bridgwater 7 Nov. 1433–28 Dec. 1455.
Commr. to requisition vessels for passage of the duke of York to France, Bridgwater Mar. 1436, for passage of the earl of Huntingdon, Plymouth May 1439; of gaol delivery, Ilchester May 1440; to confiscate the Seynt Antonye of Biscay and imprison the captain who seized her, Bridgwater June 1443.
Steward, merchant guild of Bridgwater by May 1441.