William Gascoigne, VII

No evidence survives for the Gascoigne family before around 1300; there are myths and false pedigrees concerning the family before, that, many very early constructions. An excellent study, accessible on the internet, is Christoper Matthew Bovis's PhD thesis, "The Gascoigne Family, c. 1309-1592: Gentry and Identity." See https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/20459/1/C.%20Bovis%2C%20The%20Gasco...