| Constituency | Dates |
|---|---|
| Lewes | 1417, 1420, 1425, 1429 |
Family and Career Data
Family and Education
?s. of Walter Gosselyn† of Lewes. m. by 1425, Juliana. CP40/657, rot. 29.
Offices Held
Tax collector, Suss. Dec. 1421, Oct. 1422.
Address
Main residence: Lewes, Suss.
biography text
A little more can be added to the earlier biography.1 The Commons 1386-1421, iii. 214.
On occasion, Gosselyn served as a juror at inquisitions post mortem conducted at his home town of Lewes, doing so, for example, after the deaths of successive Lords Bardolf.2 CIPM, xxii. 326, 783; xxv. 487. A merchant who traded at the staple at Chichester, he was nevertheless described as a ‘yeoman’, when named as a defendant in a plea for contempt brought in the King’s bench in Hilary term 1441.3 C241/221/24; KB27/719, rot. 50.
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