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.

Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residence: Norrington, Wilts.

Gawayn, Gowayn

Author

C.F.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

GAWEN, John (-d.1418)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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