Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1606)

Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy (19 May 1560[1] – 17 May 1606[2]), of West Harling, Norfolk,[3] was an English lawyer and judge, knight, and Member of Parliament.

Bassingbourne succeeded his father in 1590 (inheriting his lands at West Harling and nearby Bardwell Hall, Suffolk) and was knighted in 1597.

[10] He first married Anne (baptised 6 October 1567[9] – died 1594[4]), daughter of Sir Charles Framlingham of Crow’s Hall, Debenham in Suffolk and his wife Dorothy, daughter of Sir Clement Higham,[11] and had three sons by her.

[12] By his first wife Anne Framlingham, Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy had two sons: His second wife was Dorothy (daughter of Sir Nicholas Bacon of Redgrave, Suffolk), who bore him a further two sons and three daughters.

Dorothy, his second wife survived him and in 1609 she married Philip Colby of Culford, at Beccles.