John Gostwick (1537 - 1582)

Born 1537 in Willington, Bedfordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Petre) Radcliffe — married about 1559 in Willington, Bedfordshire, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1582 at about age 45 in Willington, Bedfordshire, England

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Biography

This profile is part of the Gostwick Name Study.

John Gostwick was born in Bedfordshire, England.

John Gostwick was born abt 1537, presumably at Willington. His birth date is supported by the matriculation date sourced from Cambridge. He was the eldest son of Sir William Gostwick, Esq. and Lady Anne Pike

John was never Knighted.

In 1547, Edward VI succeeds his father Henry the VIII as King of England

Note:

John's father worked directly for Henry VIII, and perhaps John, at the age of 10, was even taken to places like London with his father, maybe attending the coronation of Edward VI

Perhaps it was the political turbulence that had John attend Cambridge just after a cascade of historical changes..

• King Edward VI founds 35 'Grammar schools'. This likely affected John, as he was well schooled (1552)
• King Edward dies of tuberculosis (6-Jul-1553)
• Temporary Queen: Lady Jane Grey is declared Queen of England for 9 days. (10-Jul-1553)
• Bloody Mary declared Queen (19-Jul-1553)

In 1554, Education, Clare College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^[1]

Matric. pens. from CLARE, Michs. 1554; Scholar, 1555

Note:

John must have had a clear view of many of Blood Mary's acts of violence, as he would graduate jus months after she takes the throne.

15-Jan-1559, Queen Elizabeth I is crowned and re-establishes the Protestant Church

Marriage & Children

Between'1558-1561, Willington, Bedfordshire, England

John Gostwick, Esq. to Elizabeth Petre, daughter of Sir William Petre and Gertrude Tyrrell

2 children are known to this union:

1. William Gostwick, b. 1565, married Jane Owen
2. Anne Gostwick, b. 1567, died young

Prior to their marriage, Elizabeth held Willington.

20-Mar-1561, Lease, Putnoe, Bedfordshire, England^[2]

Lease for 41 years (after death of Countess of Bedford), rent per annum £30. John Gostwick of Willington, esquire, to Robert Hatley of Goldington, gentleman. The manor place or grange called Putnoe, Goldington, with appurtenances in Clapham. John Gostwick is also to have grazing rights for as many sheep and bullocks 'as shal be yerely expended in his howse.' Witnesses: Thomas Baxter, Philip Hatley, John Smith

1561, Token Rent Lease, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England^[3]

iv) p.6. Lease fro 50 years; John Gostwicke, knight to John Bosgrave of Ronhall, gentleman. A pightle or grove called Flavells Grove adjoining Flavells Ferme, in occupation of said John Bosgrave. Annual rent 'on[e] quarter of sufficyent cleane bones.' 1561

1562, Lease, Goldington, Bedfordshire, England

Goldington Manor is leased to Francis Russell, 3rd son of Margaret St. John-Gostwick-Russell, the 2nd Duchess of Bedford

14-Jun-1562, Lease, Warden Abbey, Bedfordshire, England^[4]

Francis Russell assigns lease to George Franklin of the Middle Temple lands late belonging to Warden Abbey; leased by John Gostwick of Willington to Francis Russell and now in occupation of John or William Francklyn.

abt 1581, Willington, Bedfordshire, England

John died abt 1581, seized of Willington Manor, Bedfordshire

Research Notes

A confusion of Johns & Williams:

There are several John's and this one was erroneously listed as the son of Edmund Gostwick and Anne Hardin. Retracing the lines of the referenced visitations proves this in error. The Visitations are not a reliable source without supporting evidence. ^[5]

12-Feb-1554, Lady Jane Grey, is beheaded with her husband as treasonous usurpers.

1563 was a peak plague year. The Bubonic plague or 'Black Death' killed an estimated 20,000 London residents from Jun to Sep of 1563.

Whilst William Gostwick and Ann Pyke did have a son John, he wasn't the John who married Elizabeth Petre, who was the son of Edmund Gostwick. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900, Ancestry.com"
2. ↑ "Bedfordshire Archive Catalog Service (BEDCAT)" [database on-line]. bedsarchivescat.Bedford.gov. Entry for John Gostwick, 20 Mar 1561, Lease (accessed [25-Aug-2021]); ref: FN406
3. ↑ "Bedfordshire Archive Catalog Service (BEDCAT)" [database on-line]. bedsarchivescat.Bedford.gov. Entry for John Gostwick, 1561, Lease (accessed [25-Aug-2021]); ref: PO13
4. ↑ "Bedfordshire Archive Catalog Service (BEDCAT)" [database on-line]. bedsarchivescat.Bedford.gov. Entry for John Gostwick, 14 Jun 1562, Lease (accessed [25-Aug-2021]); ref: FN167
5. ↑ The Visitations of Bedfordshire, 1566, 1582 and 1634. The Harnleian Society 1884. https://archive.org/details/visitationsofbed19blay/page/33
6. ↑ The Visitations of Bedfordshire 1566, 1582 and 1634. The Harleian Society 1884. https://archive.org/details/visitationsofbed19blay/page/33

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