William Gonson

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Vice-Admiral Sir William Gonson
Born1482
Vice-Admiral of Suffolk
Clerk of Marine Causes
Treasurer of the Navy
Keeper of the Storehouses
Captain Mary Grace

Vice-Admiral Sir William Gonson [1]
(1482–1544), was a
King Henry VIII
.

Biography

Career

During the

Suffolk. William eventually fell from grace, and he committed suicide in 1544,[6] leaving the navy disorganized. It took two years for Henry to reorganize, control and develop what was afterwards known as 'The Navy Board'. Along with William of Wrotham and Sir Robert de Crull
, he is probably to be reckoned one of the three most important administrators of naval affairs of the English Navy prior to 1546.

Personal

William Gonson was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire in England, son of Christopher Gonson and Elizabeth Gonson (née: Trussell), and brother of Bartholomew Gonson. He married Bennett Walters and together they had six sons Anthony, Arthur, Benjamin, Christopher, David and Richard. They also had four daughters Avis, Elizabeth, Margaret and Thomasine.

His son Benjamin Gonson[7] made a career in the English navy and became Treasurer of the Navy.[8]

His son Sir David Gonson was a Knight of Malta. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1540 and was condemned to death by an Act of Parliament in 1541 for denying the authority of the King in spiritual matters and refusing to recant his Catholic faith. He was hanged, drawn and quartered at St Thomas' Waterings, Southwark on 12 July 1541. Pope Pius XI declared him Blessed on 15 December 1929.[9]

William Gonson was buried in the church of St Dunstan-in-the-East, under the terms of an agreement made by him with the parson and churchwardens four years previously.[10]

References

Citations

  1. ISBN 9781848320314
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  2. ISBN 9780713601817
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  3. ISBN 9781108062596
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  4. ISBN 9780912697277
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  5. ISBN 9781473819924
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  6. ISBN 9781473819924
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  7. ISBN 9781445606651
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  8. ISBN 9781848320314
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  9. ^ "Blessed David Gunston".
  10. ^ P. Whittemore, 'William Gonson's funerary agreement', Bulletin of the Monumental Brass Society, 146, 2010 Report and Accounts (February 2021), pp. 908-11 (Society's pdf).

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