FYNMORE, WILLIAM, son of William Fynmore, Hincksey, Berks., and his first wife Katherine Cox; b.; adm.; KS 1639; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1642, matr. 24 Mar 1642/3, aged 18, Westminster Student; BA 1646; MA 1649; at Oxford during the siege; refused at first to submit to the Parliamentary Visitors and his name is on the list of those expelled by the Committee of Lords and Commons 15 Mar 1648, but it appears that he was allowed to remain; tutor to Philip Henry (qv), who describes him as “a person able enough, but not willing to imploy his abilityes for our good, who were committed to his charge” (Diaries and Letters of Philip Henry, 1882, 12); imprisoned for taking part in the rising of Sir George Booth in Cheshire 1659; ordained; Vicar of Runcorn, Cheshire, from 1662; Prebendary of Chester from 25 Jul 1664, Archdeacon of Chester from 6 Nov 1666; his poem on death of Sir Henry Gage, preserved in Longleat MSS, is printed Notes and Queries 11th series, viiii, 327; m. 1st, Philippa ---; m. 2nd, 22 Sep 1678 Mary, dau. of Henry Bennett, Chester; d. 7 Apr 1686.
FYSHER, ROBERT; b. ; adm. ; KS 1540-4 (Chapter Muniments).
FYTHYSON, ----; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 ( (Chapter Muniments 37713).
GABBET, HENRY, second son of Robert Gabbet, Acton Burnell, Shropshire, and St. Mary Bothaw, London, citizen and haberdasher, and Mary Avis, Reading, Berks.; bapt. St. Mary Bothaw, London 17 Nov 1560 (IGI); adm.; QS ; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1579, adm. scholar 1580, matr. Lent 1579/80; adm. Middle Temple 16 Oct 1583, from New Inn; of Chelmsford, Essex, and London, merchant; d. unm. 2 Sep 1610.
GAGER, WILLIAM, son of Gilbert Gager, Long Melford, Suffolk, and Thomasin, dau. of John Cordell, Edmonton, Middlesex, and sister of Sir William Cordell MP, Master of the Rolls; b. 24 Jul 1555; adm.; QS 1570; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 7 Jul 1574 (CSP Dom, Addit., 1566-79, 487), Westminster Student to 1598; BA 1577; MA 1580 (incorp. Cambridge 1581); BCL and DCL 1589; LLD Cambridge 1601; Surrogate to Richard Swale LLD, Chancellor and Vicar-General, Diocese of Ely 1601; Chancellor, Diocese of Ely, from 29 May 1606; Vicar-General of Ely 1613, 1616, 1618; engaged in a controversy in 1592 with John Rainolds (afterwards President, Corpus Christi Coll., Oxford) as to the morality of stage plays; credited with having maintained at the Oxford Act of 1608 [check date] that husbands might lawfully, if not laudably, beat their wives (Thompson, Christ Church, 42); author of five Latin plays, all of which were acted at Christ Church, Oxford, and a number of published Latin verses; m. Mary ---; buried All Saints, Cambridge 1 Sep 1622. DNB.
GAHAGAN, FREDERICK, son of Terence Gahagan MD, Physician General, EICS Madras, and Lucy, dau. of Gabriel Braham; b.; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1795; Minor Cadet, EICS Bengal 18 Mar 1783 – struck off 2 May 1786; Writer, EICS Madras 1797; Assistant, Public Revenue and Commercial Department 1798; afterwards Assistant to Commercial Resident at the Presidency; Assistant, Governor of Ceylon 13 Sep 1799; Head Assistant, Revenue and Judicial Dept., 10 Nov 1801; Deputy Postmaster-Gen., 3 Jul 1802; Subordinate Collector, Ceded Districts 13 May 1803; Collector, Zillah of Bellary, 28 Oct 1807; Secretary, Revenue and Judicial Dept., 18 Mar 1809; French Translator to Government, 7 Nov 1809; Superintendent of Stamps, 1 Jan 1810; Third Judge of Provincial Court, Central Division, 11 May 1812; d. at Nellore, Madras 19 May 1815.
GAHAGAN, HENRY, brother of Frederick Gahagan (qv); bapt. 13 Oct 1780; adm.; KS 1795; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1799, adm. pens. 6 May 1799, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Jun 1799, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1800 - void 2 Jul 1810; BA 1803; MA 1806; Minor Cadet, EICS Bengal 18 Mar 1783 – struck off 2 May 1786; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Mar 1799, called to bar 1805 [check date]; practised at Madras, but subsequently returned to England; d. 24 Feb 1834.
GALE, THOMAS, son of Christopher Gale, Scruton, Yorks. , and Frances Conyers, Holtby, Yorks. ; b. ; adm. ; KS (Capt. ) ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1655, adm. pens. 23 May 1655, scholar 1655; 7th in “ordo” 1658/9; BA 1658/9; MA 1662 (incorp. Oxford 13 Jul 1669); DD 1675; Fellow, Trin. Coll. 1659 - c. 1674, Tutor 1663-72; Taxor 1670; Regius Professor of Greek, Cambridge Univ. , Apr - Oct 1672; signed for priest’s orders (London) 22 Sep 1666; Vicar of Barrington, Cambs. , 1667; High Master, St. Paul’s School 5 Aug 1672-97; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 7 Jun 1676; FRS 6 Dec 1677, Secretary 16 Dec 1685; Dean of York from 13 Sep 1697; antiquary and book collector; his collection of manuscripts was bequeathed by his son to Trinity Coll. Cambridge; composed the inscription on The Monument, London; edited Historiae Britannicae, Saxonicae, Anglo-Danicae Scriptores XV, 1691, and other works; m. 1 Jan 1673/4 Barbara, dau. of Roger Pepys, Impington, Cambs. , and niece of Thomas Pepys (qv); d. 8 Apr 1702. DNB.
GALE, WILLIAM, son of Rev. Robert Gale, Rector of Epworth, Lincs., and Chaplain to Countess of Devonshire, and Sara Hewitt; bapt. 25 Dec 1630; adm.; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1649, aged 18, adm. pens. 8 May 1649, scholar 1649-51; living 1661.
GALLIARD, JOSHUA, son of Joshua Galliard, Thavies Hall, London, and Bury Hall, Middlesex, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Bradshaw, Abney and Bradshaw, Derbs.; b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1721; KS 1724; buried Edmonton, Middlesex 31 May 1725.