Gawdy

On his deathbed, Justice Gawdy said, ‘The justice of England was never so depraved and injured as the condemnation of Sir Walter Raleigh.’

Malice Robert K. Tanenbaum 2007

Serjeant Gawdy, on behalf of the crown, now rose and accused her of attempting to kill Elizabeth, and of inviting foreign invasion of England; both were treason under the Act for the Queen's Safety, which was law, regardless of how newly enacted or for what reason.

Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

Serjeant Gawdy, on behalf of the crown, now rose and accused her of attempting to kill Elizabeth, and of inviting foreign invasion of England; both were treason under the Act for the Queen's Safety, which was law, regardless of how newly enacted or for what reason.

Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

Known by their _want_ of _Wit_, and _Gawdy Cloaths_:

The Pleasures of a Single Life, Or, The Miseries of Matrimony Anonymous

In similar recesses at Gawdy Hall, Suffolk, were discovered two ancient apostle spoons, a watch, and some Jacobean MSS.

Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. Allan Fea 1908

Pages 11, 37: Inconsistent spelling of Gawdie/Gawdy as in original.

State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) Harry Lushington Stephen 1902

I don't know -- it's rather an out-of-the-way thing for an Essex poacher to think of -- but, you know, I should say now it looks more as if old Gawdy had managed the job himself.

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary 1899

Well, that was what Francis wanted, and grand juries -- you know what they would have been then -- and poor Gawdy was strung up in double-quick time; and I've been shown the place he was buried in, on the north side of the church -- you know the way in that part of the world: anyone that's been hanged or made away with themselves, they bury them that side.

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary 1899

And you can imagine there was a row; and this man Gawdy (that was the name, to be sure -- Gawdy; I thought I should get it -- Gawdy), he was unlucky enough, poor chap! to shoot a keeper.

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary 1899

The reasons for the rule which it laid down had lost their meaning centuries before Gawdy and Clench were born, when owners had acquired the right to sue for the wrongful taking of property in the hands

The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes 1888