In 1504 John Gates was born.
After 1504 John Gates and Mary Denny were married.
In 1551 John Gates [aged 47] was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household.
Chronicle of Queen Jane and Two Years of Queen Mary 1553. 13th July 1553. Note, thisse dale also sir John Gates [aged 49] went oute. The morowe followinge ther was sent after the duke [aged 49] the cartes with munytion and the ordenance.
On 22nd August 1553 John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 49] was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. Duke Northumberland, Earl Warwick and Viscount Lisle forfeit. John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 26], his son, was also attainted, with the Earldom of Warwick forfeit.
Thomas Palmer and John Gates [aged 49] were hanged, drawn and quartered.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 19th August 1553. [The xix day were arraigned at Westminster hall sir Andrew Dudley [aged 46], sir John Gates [aged 49], sir Harry] Gattes, ser Thomas Palmer, and cast [to be hanged and] quartered.
Note. Sir John Gates and sir Thomas Palmer. These two knights were beheaded with the duke of Northumberland on the 22d August. Stowe in his Summarie preserves a soubriquet of the latter: he was called, "buskin Palmer." See a note regarding him in the Life of Lord Grey of Wilton, p. 3. He had received a pardon for all treasons, &c. Feb. 1551–2.