Gilbert Debenham (died 1481)

Gilbert Debenham (1405 - 10 May 1481[1]). He was connected to the Duke of Norfolk. He was described in 1444 as 'that able and unscrupulous villain.'[2][3] In 1427, he was Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. He was the Member of Parliament for Suffolk in 1427, 1432, 1437, 1442, 1449 and 1453-4 and for Ipswich 1450–1.[4]

References
  1. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/History_of_Parliament_1439_1509_Biograph/xceHAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=gilbert+debenham+1481+MP&pg=PA265&printsec=frontcover
  2. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Paston_Family_in_the_Fifteenth_Centu/okEq7Lj1sloC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=gilbert+debenham+rascal&pg=PA135&printsec=frontcover
  3. W.I. Howard ‘Gilbert Debenham, a Medieval Rascal in Real Life’, History, xiii. 300-14
  4. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/History_of_Parliament_1439_1509_Biograph/xceHAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=gilbert+debenham+1481+MP&pg=PA265&printsec=frontcover


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