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GARSTON, John (d.1430), of Newport, I.o.W.

Family and Education
m. (1) by 1393, Joan, E210/6148. 2 da.; (2) by Mar. 1422, Elizabeth (fl.1431). Chs. Quarr Abbey ed. Hockey, no. 166. Dist. Hants 1430.
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Tax collector, Hants Nov. 1404, Dec. 1407, Dec. 1414, Nov. 1415.

Commr. of array, I.o.W. May 1415.

Main residence: Newport, I.o.W.
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Commons 1422-1461
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GARGRAVE, John (d.1457), of Snapethorpe near Wakefield, Yorks. and Southwark, Surr.

Family and Education
educ. adm. L. Inn 1425-6. m. (1) ?2s. 1; d.v.p. ; (2) Agnes. CCR, 1454-61, p. 256. Dist. Yorks. 1430, 1439 (excused). E159/224, recorda Mich. rots. 59-60.
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Receiver-general for Richard, duke of York, Mich. 1422–9; receiver 1429–48; Egerton rolls 8759, 8774; CP40/761, rot. 264. The surviving estate papers of the duke provide few clues as to the identity of his receivers. J.T. Rosenthal, ‘Estates and Finances of Richard, Duke of York’, in Studies in Med. and Renaissance Hist. ed. Bowsky, ii. 169, 176–7, lists the earliest known receiver-general as John Hurleston, for 1444–5, and does not mention Gargrave. SC11/818, the valor of the duke’s estates in Wales and the marches in 1442–3 has John Milewater as receiver-general of the earldom of March, with Thomas Whitgreve as one of his predecessors in office. receiver-general for Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, 26 Sept. 1434-Mich. 1438. E159/211, recorda, Mich. rot. 1; 216, brevia Trin. rot. 13d; Add. Roll 26597; CP40/707, rot. 155.

Commr. of inquiry, Cumb., Lancs., Westmld., Yorks. July 1428 (withholding of dues to St. Leonard’s hospital, York), N. Wales Mar. 1432 (treasons); to search Spanish and Italian ships for customable merchandise, London, Sandwich, Southampton June 1444.

Jt. marshal of the Marshalsea (with his s. John) 15 Feb. 1439–28 Nov. 1450. KB27/711, rot. 72d; 763, rot. 26.

Bailiff of the liberty of the abbot of Bermondsey, Southwark by Apr. 1447. KB9/996/36.

Main residences: Snapethorpe near Wakefield, Yorks.; Southwark, Surr.
Gairegrave, Gayrgrave, Gergrave
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Commons 1422-1461
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GARE, Thomas (d.c.1438), of York.

Family and Education
s. of Thomas Gare† (d.1434/5) of York, by his w. Katherine. m. bef. 1430, Ellen (fl.1460), da. of John Bedford† (d.1451) of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks., by his w. Elizabeth, 2s. (1 prob. d.v.p.), 2da. Borthwick Inst., Univ. of York, York registry wills, prob. reg. 2, ff. 110v-11v, 113; reg. 3, f. 570; J. Kermode, ‘Merchants of York, Hull and Beverley’ (Sheffield Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1990), app. 4.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, York 1431, 1433, 1435, 1437.

Chamberlain, York 3 Feb. 1427–8; sheriff Mich. 1428–9; member of the council of 12 by 1 Jan. 1431 – d.; mayor 3 Feb. 1434–5. Kermode, app. 4.

Commr. of gaol delivery, York Feb., June 1434; C66/435, mm. 5d, 19d. to treat for loans Feb. 1436.

Main residence: York.
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GARDENER, Thomas, of Winchester, Hants.

Family and Education
m. — (fl.1481), ?1s.
Offices Held

Alderman of Tanner Street, Winchester Mich. 1418–22; Hants RO, W/E1/14, 15; Stowe 846, f. 142. bailiff of the commons 1429–30. Black Bk. Winchester ed. Bird, 70.

Main residence: Winchester, Hants.
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Commons 1422-1461
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GAMEL, John, of Shrewsbury, Salop.

Family and Education
s. and h. of John Gamel (d.c.1425) of Shrewsbury by his w. Katherine (fl.1433). m. (1) by Nov. 1409, Agnes; (2) by 28 Aug. 1426, Margaret; Salop. Archs., Shrewsbury recs., drapers’ comp. X1831/2/33/1. (3) Elizabeth; 2da.
Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Salop 1415, 1427, 1429.

Assessor, Shrewsbury Sept. 1409–10, 1413 – 14; bailiff 1424 – 25, 1438 – 39, 1442 – 43, Mar. – Oct. 1448, Oct. 1451–2; on the council of 12 to assist bailiffs 1436 – 37; alderman 1445 – d.; coroner 1446–7. Ibid. assembly bk. 3365/67, ff. 12v, 13, 15, 16v, 17–19; bailiffs’ accts. 3365/375.

Keeper of lesser piece of the seal of the statute-merchant, Shrewsbury 18 Oct. 1421-aft. 16 Apr. 1435. CPR, 1416–22, p. 382; C241/228/147.

Tax collector, Salop Sept. 1432.

Main residence: Shrewsbury, Salop.
Gamell, Gamyll
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