Bassingbourne Gawdy (MP for Eye)

Bassingbourne Gawdy (d. 20 January 1590), of West Harling, Norfolk, was an English landowner, magistrate and Member of Parliament (MP).

Gawdy was the second son of Thomas Gawdy (d.1556) of Shotesham and Redenhall, Norfolk, by his father's first wife, Anne, daughter and coheiress of John Bassingbourne of Woodhall, Hatfield, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matriculating in 1545, and trained in the law at the Inner Temple.

Gawdy was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Suffolk from about 1573 and for Norfolk from around 1583, and was High Sheriff of Norfolk for 1578–1579. In 1584 he was elected an MP for Eye, Suffolk.

Gawdy was buried on 25 January 1589/90 at West Harling.

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