Family and Education
s. and h. of Gilbert Debenham (d.1369) of Little Wenham, prob. by his w. Mary. m. (1) ?Joan, da. of John Gernegan of Somerleyton, Suff., 1s. Gilbert†, 1da.; (2) Ellen.
Offices Held
Tax collector, Suff. May 1384, Mar. 1404.
Sheriff, Norf. and Suff. 11 Nov. 1394–9 Nov. 1395.
J.p. Suff. 12 Nov. 1397–8.
Commr. of inquiry, Suff. May 1398 (alienation of lands belonging to Roger Withermarsh); to assess contributions to a subsidy Jan. 1412.
Collector of customs and subsidies, Ipswich 25 June 1407-Sept. 1408.
Main residences: Alburgh, Norf.; Great and Little Wenham, Suff.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
DEBENHAM, Gilbert (-d.1417)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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