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GAWTRON, Walter (d.1433), of London.

Family and Education
s. of John Gawtron of London, draper, by his w. Agnes (d.1408). m. (1) by Feb. 1410, Joan, da. of John Walcote of London, draper and woolman, wid. of Walter King (d.1407), of London, grocer, 1s; (2) by Mar. 1433, Alice, wid. of Geoffrey Dalling (fl. 1426), of London, vintner.Guildhall Lib. London, 9171/2, f. 132, 3, f. 344v; London Rec. Soc. i. no. 255; Corporation of London RO, hr 151/56; PCC 14 Marche; CCR, 1409-13, p. 86; Cal. Letter Bk. London, I, 104; C1/75/84.
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Collector of the wool custom, London 26 July 1410 – 21 Jan. 1411; keeper of the ‘cocket’ seal 26 July-9 Nov. 1411.

Auditor, London 21 Sept. 1410–11, 1413–14.Cal. Letter Bk. London, I, 88, 117.

Commr. of array, Mdx. May 1418; to raise a royal loan Nov. 1419.

Main residence: London.
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Commons 1386-1421
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GAWTRON, Walter (-d.1433)

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Oxford 1644
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GAWEN, John (d.1418), of Norrington, Wilts.

Family and Education
s. of John Gawen of Combe, Wilts. by his w. Margaret Jooe; m. (1) ?Parnell; (2) Edith.CCR, 1396-9, p. 224; R.C. Hoare, Modern Wilts. (Chalk), 83-85. No evidence has been found to confirm Hoare’s assertion that Gawen —, da. and h. of de la Mere, by whom he had 4s. and 2da.
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Escheator, Hants and Wilts. 25 Oct. 1381 – 6 Dec. 1385, 3 Dec 1386–30 Nov. 1387.

Commr. of inquiry, Hants Jan. 1385 (outlaw’s goods), Dorset Nov. 1386 (concealments), Wilts. Mar. 1387 (confederations at Salisbury), Hants, Wilts. Nov. 1388 (estates of Sir Simon Burley), Wilts. Feb. 1390 (wastes, lands of a royal ward), June 1391 (goods of the prior of Clatford), Dorset Oct. 1391 (wastes, estates St. Léger Abbey, Préaux), Wilts. May 1403 (lands of Sir Henry Green), May 1403 (ownership of Barford St. Martin), Hants, Wilts., Dorset July 1405 (estates of Thomas, Lord West), Wilts. May 1408 (presentation to a benefice); oyer and terminer, Wilts. Feb. 1387; gaol delivery, Salisbury Nov. 1387, Feb. 1390; to survey Marlborough castle May 1390; remove lead from Mere castle Nov. 1391;E364/39 m. D; E101/547/8. of array, Wilts. Mar. 1392, July 1402; to administer Shaftesbury abbey Nov. 1394.

J.p. Wilts. 8 Mar. – June 1386, 1 July 1394 – June 1396, 11 Sept. 1396 – Nov. 1403, 9 May – Nov. 1404, 16 Feb. 1405–7, 14 Feb 1417-Nov. 1415.

Sheriff, Wilts. 4 Oct. 1392 – 7 Nov. 1393, 8 Nov. 1401–29 Nov. 1402.

Bailiff, the bp.’s liberty of Salisbury by 1399-c.1409.CIMisc. vii. 377; Anglo-Norman Letters ed. Legge, 391; Hoare, (Salisbury), 698; CCR, 1405–9, p. 87; Tropenell Cart. ed. Davies, i. 174, 223, 258.

Main residence: Norrington, Wilts.
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Commons 1386-1421
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GAWEN, John (-d.1418)

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Oxford 1644
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GATEFORD, John (d.1407), of Gateford, Notts.

Family and Education
m. by Nov. 1389, Joan (fl. 1401).CPR, 1388-92, p. 153; JUST 1/1514 rot. 75, 78v.
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Collector of a tax, Notts. Dec. 1372, Mar. 1404; surveyor, Notts., Derbys. Mar. 1381.

Commr. of inquiry, Derbys. Dec. 1376 (wastes), Notts. July 1390 (possessions of the late Sir Richard Bingham), Notts., Yorks. June 1393 (illicit salmon fishing), Apr. 1396 (obstructions to the river Idle), Notts. Mar., Apr. 1398 (money due to Thomas Arundel, former abp. of York); to suppress the insurgents of 1381, Notts. Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; of oyer and terminer Nov. 1383 (attack on the prioress of Broadholme’s estates), July 1391 (attack on the abp. of York’s ferry at Flintham), Nov. 1392 (buried treasure at Tuxford), Derbys. July 1406 (attack on Lord Darcy’s estates); to collect money due to the prior of Blyth Feb. 1386; make arrests Mar. 1386, Notts. Sept. 1399; of array June, Aug. 1388,Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson etc. ii. 95. Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, Sept. 1403; to survey Nottingham castle, May 1398; enforce the statute on weirs June 1398; restore confiscated goods to Thomas Arundel as abp. of Canterbury, Lincs., Notts., Yorks. Mar. 1400; of kiddles May 1402; to prevent the spread of treasonous rumours, Notts. May 1402.

J.p. Notts. 10 Jan. 1378 – July 1389, 28 June 1390 – d.

Dep. steward of Sherwood forest, Notts. by May 1378, 3 Nov. 1400 – d.; verderer by d. SC1/43/56.

Coroner, Notts. to 18 Feb. 1382.

Sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 20 Oct. 1385 – 18 Nov. 1386, 21 Oct. 1391 – 18 Oct. 1392, 1 Dec. 1396 – 3 Nov. 1397, 8–30 Nov. 1401.

Escheator, Notts. and Derbys. 30 Nov. 1388–12 Feb. 1391,28 Nov. 1399–24 Nov. 1400.

Alnager, Notts. 20 July 1394–26 Feb. 1401.

Guardian of the temporalities of the abp. of York 23 Apr. – 23 June 1398, 11 June-8 Apr. 1405.

Steward of the abp. of York’s lordship of Southwell, Notts. by d.

Main residence: Gateford, Notts.
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GATEFORD, John (-d.1407)

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Oxford 1644
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