| Constituency | Dates |
|---|---|
| Bridgwater | [1406], [1407], [1410], [1413 (May)], [1414 (Apr.)], [1414 (Nov.)], [1417], [1419], [1420], [1421 (May)], [1421 (Dec.)], 1422 |
Attestor, parlty. elections, Som. 1410, 1414 (Apr.), 1421 (May), 1422.
Collector of customs and subsidies, Bridgwater and district 25 Nov. 1408–12.
Steward of the guild, Bridgwater by June 1411 – d.
Commr. of gaol delivery, Bristol Feb. 1416;1 C66/398, m. 11d. inquiry, Som. Aug. 1416 (lands of Lord Zouche), Feb. 1422 (counterfeiters).
More can be added to the earlier biography.2 The Commons 1386-1421, iii. 160-1.
Gascoigne’s services did not come cheap: at the end of the Parliament of 1413 (May) he and his colleague William Gosse† were among the representatives of just six urban constituencies to sue out writs de expensis in a bid to secure wages at the customary rate of 2s. per day.3 CCR, 1413-19, p. 104.
One of the conditions for the descent of Gascoigne’s property to his nephew, William, was evidently the establishment of a chantry for the benefit of his soul. This provision was not completed until 1446, when it was expressly stipulated that prayers should be said daily in the chapel of Bishop Bubwith’s almshouse at Wells for the souls of Gascoigne and his associate Master Richard Bruton, the former chancellor of Wells cathedral, as ‘foundours of [the] masse’.4 CCR, 1441-7, p. 403.