Gilbert Talbot (soldier)
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Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton, KG
(1452 - 16 August 1517 or 19 September 1518) was an English
Tudor
knight, a younger son of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury
and 2nd Earl of Waterford, and Elizabeth Butler.
of the Order of the Garter
in 1495 and Lord Deputy of Calais
in 1509, where he continued in a joint appointment with Richard Wingfield
.
He was given the Grafton estates
in Worcestershire after Sir Humphrey Stafford was executed in 1486 for his part in the Stafford and Lovell Rebellion
. Talbot was also given the honorary position of keeper of Feckenham Forest
in 1492.
, Cambridgeshire
, and had one child:
Order of the Garter
The Most Noble Order of the Garter, founded in 1348, is the highest order of chivalry, or knighthood, existing in England. The order is dedicated to the image and arms of St...
(1452 - 16 August 1517 or 19 September 1518) was an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Tudor
Tudor period
The Tudor period usually refers to the period between 1485 and 1603, specifically in relation to the history of England. This coincides with the rule of the Tudor dynasty in England whose first monarch was Henry VII...
knight, a younger son of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury
John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury
John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, 2nd Earl of Waterford, 8th Baron Talbot, KG was an English nobleman and soldier. He was the son of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Maud Nevill, 6th Baroness Furnivall...
and 2nd Earl of Waterford, and Elizabeth Butler.
Life
He was a soldier, KnightKnight
A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....
of the Order of the Garter
Order of the Garter
The Most Noble Order of the Garter, founded in 1348, is the highest order of chivalry, or knighthood, existing in England. The order is dedicated to the image and arms of St...
in 1495 and Lord Deputy of Calais
Lord Deputy of Calais
The town of Calais, now part of France, was in English hands from 1347 to 1558, and this page lists the commanders of Calais, holding office from the English Crown, called at different times Captain of Calais, King's Lieutenant of Calais , or Lord Deputy of Calais.-Terminology and...
in 1509, where he continued in a joint appointment with Richard Wingfield
Richard Wingfield
Sir Richard Wingfield, of Kimbolton Castle was an influential courtier and diplomat in the early years of the Tudor dynasty of England.-Life:...
.
He was given the Grafton estates
Grafton Manor
Grafton Manor was established before the Norman Conquest...
in Worcestershire after Sir Humphrey Stafford was executed in 1486 for his part in the Stafford and Lovell Rebellion
Stafford and Lovell Rebellion
The Stafford and Lovell rebellion was the first armed uprising against Henry VII after he won the crown at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. The uprising was led by Viscount Lovell and the Stafford brothers, Humphrey and Thomas, and occurred during Eastertime 1486.-Rebellion:The conspirators against...
. Talbot was also given the honorary position of keeper of Feckenham Forest
Feckenham Forest
Feckenham Forest was a royal forest, centred around the town of Feckenham, covering large parts of west Worcestershire and Warwickshire. As such, it was not entirely wooded, nor entirely the property of the King. Rather, the King had legal rights over game, wood and grazing within the forest, and...
in 1492.
First marriage and issue
He married firstly Elizabeth Greystoke, daughter of Ralph de Greystoke, 5th Baron Greystoke and 7th Baron Boteler of Wem, and had three children:- Sir Humphrey Talbot, who died in the Holy LandHoly LandThe Holy Land is a term which in Judaism refers to the Kingdom of Israel as defined in the Tanakh. For Jews, the Land's identifiction of being Holy is defined in Judaism by its differentiation from other lands by virtue of the practice of Judaism often possible only in the Land of Israel...
- Sir Gilbert Talbot of GraftonGrafton ManorGrafton Manor was established before the Norman Conquest...
, WorcestershireWorcestershireWorcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
(died 22 October 1542), married Anne Paston, daughter of Sir William Paston (died 1496) and Lady Anne Beaufort, daughter of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of SomersetEdmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of SomersetEdmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, KG , sometimes styled 1st Duke of Somerset, was an English nobleman and an important figure in the Wars of the Roses and in the Hundred Years' War...
and Eleanor Beauchamp, and had three daughters:- Elizabeth Talbot, wife of Sir John Lyttelton, son of Sir William Lyttelton and Ellyn Walsh, and had seven sons and two daughters
- Margaret Talbot
- Mary Talbot
- Eleanor Talbot, wife of Geoffrey Dudley, younger son of Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron DudleyEdward Sutton, 2nd Baron DudleyEdward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley was an English nobleman, the son of Edmund de Sutton, Knight of Dudley Castle and Gatescombe, and Joyce de Tiptoft, daughter of Sir John de Tibetot and Joyce de Cherleton...
and Cecily Willoughby, ancestors of the Dudleys of Russell's Hall
Second marriage and issue
He married secondly Etheldreda, called Audrey, Cotton, daughter of William Landwade Cotton of LandwadeLandwade
Landwade is a parish in west Suffolk, England, four miles north of Newmarket. One of the smallest parishes in the county, it is only 1 kilometre from north to south and at most 500m from east to west....
, Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, and had one child:
- Sir John Talbot of AlbrightonAlbrightonAlbrighton may refer to either one of two places in Shropshire, England:*Albrighton, Bridgnorth, in the east of the county, north-west of Wolverhampton*Albrighton, Shrewsbury, north of Shrewsbury...
, ShropshireShropshireShropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
(1485 - 22 October 1542 or 10 September 1549), married firstly Elizabeth Wrottesley (died 10 May 1558), daughter of Walter Wrottesley of Wrottesley HallWrottesley HallWrottesley Hall is a Victorian mansion house situated near Tettenhall, Staffordshire which has been subdivided into three separate private residences. It is a Grade II listed building.The manor was held by the Wrottesley family from the thirteenth century...
, StaffordshireStaffordshireStaffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
(died 1563), and Elizabeth Harcourt, and had one son, and married secondly Margaret Troutbeck, daughter of Adam Troutbeck of MobberleyMobberleyMobberley is a semi-rural village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, situated between Wilmslow and Knutsford. Mobberley railway station lies on the Manchester to Northwich and Chester line and was opened on 12 May, 1862 by the Cheshire...
, ChesterChesterChester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
, and had one son and one daughter:- Sir John Talbot of Salwarpe, WorcestershireWorcestershireWorcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
(died 9 December 1581), married 13 September 1574 Olive Sherrington, daughter of Sir Henry Sherrington of LacockLacockLacock is a village in Wiltshire, England, 3 miles from the town of Chippenham. The village is owned almost in its entirety by the National Trust, and attracts many visitors by virtue of its unspoiled appearance.-History:...
, WiltshireWiltshireWiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, and had four children:- Sherrington Talbot of Salwarpe, Worcestershire (died c. 1642), married firstly Elizabeth Leighton, daughter of Sir Thomas Leighton of FeckenhamFeckenhamFeckenham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Redditch in Worcestershire, England. It lies some three miles south-west of the town of Redditch and is around twelve miles north-east of the ancient city of Worcester...
, Worcestershire, Governor of Jersey and Governor of Guernsey, and Elizabeth Knollys (born 1549), and had two sons, and married secondly Mary Washbourne, daughter of John Washbourne of Wichinford, Worcestershire, and had two sons:- Sherrington Talbot or Sheringham Talbot (died c. 1677), married 13 October 1627 Jane Lyttelton, sister of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet was the eldest son of John Lyttelton and inherited the family estates in Frankley, Halesowen, Hagley, and Upper Arley from his mother, Meriel daughter of Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor of England, to whom the estates had been restored by James I, after their...
, and had one son:- Sir John Talbot of Laycock, KeighleyKeighleyKeighley is a town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated northwest of Bradford and is at the confluence of the River Aire and the River Worth...
, YorkshireYorkshireYorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, married Barbara Slingsby, daughter of Sir Henry Slingsby, 1st BaronetSir Henry Slingsby, 1st BaronetSir Henry Slingsby was a Yorkshire landowner and Member of Parliament who was executed for his adherence to the Royalist cause during the English Civil War....
, and had two daughters:- Anne Talbot
- Barbara Talbot (c. 1671 - 31 January 1763), married 11 July 1689 Henry Yelverton, 1st Viscount de Longueville
- Sir John Talbot of Laycock, Keighley
- Sir Gilbert Talbot, unmarried
- William Talbot of Stourton Castle, Staffordshire (died 27 March 1686), married Mary Doughty (died c. 1661), daughter of Thomas Doughty of KinverKinverKinver is a large village in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England. It is in the far south-west of the county, at the end of the narrow finger of land surrounded by the counties of Shropshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands. The nearest towns are Stourbridge in the West...
, Staffordshire, and of WhittingtonWhittington, StaffordshireWhittington is a village and civil parish which lies approximately 3 miles south east of Lichfield in the Lichfield district of Staffordshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,591. The parish council is a joint one with Fisherwick...
, Staffordshire, and had three children:- Frances Talbot
- Catherine Talbot
- Rt. Rev.Right ReverendThe Right Reverend is a style applied to certain religious figures.*In the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain it applies to bishops except that The Most Reverend is used for archbishops .*In some churches with a...
William Talbot, Bishop of Durham
- George Talbot of Rudge, Shropshire, married and had one daughter:
- Catherine Talbot
- Sherrington Talbot or Sheringham Talbot (died c. 1677), married 13 October 1627 Jane Lyttelton, sister of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet
- Thomas Talbot of Worvill, Shropshire, married Magdalen Wyvill, daughter of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, and had one son:
- Robert Talbot of Worvill, Shropshire, married Anne Sheldon, daughter of William Sheldon of BroadwayBroadway, WorcestershireBroadway is a village and civil parish in the Worcestershire part of the Cotswolds in England.Often referred to as the "Jewel of the Cotswolds", Broadway village lies beneath Fish Hill on the western Cotswold escarpment...
, Worcestershire, and had three sons:- George Talbot
- Thomas Talbot of Worvill, Shropshire
- Gilbert Talbot
- Robert Talbot of Worvill, Shropshire, married Anne Sheldon, daughter of William Sheldon of Broadway
- Dorothy Talbot, married John Skyrmshire of NorburyNorbury, CheshireNorbury is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 190.-External links:...
, CheshireCheshireCheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
(died 1569), and had one son - John Talbot of Badgworth, SomersetSomersetThe ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
(born between 1575–1581), married Mary Trimnel, daughter of Thomas Trimnel of Okeley, Worcestershire, and had one son:- John Talbot of Okeley, Worcestershire (born aft. 1591)
- Sherrington Talbot of Salwarpe, Worcestershire (died c. 1642), married firstly Elizabeth Leighton, daughter of Sir Thomas Leighton of Feckenham
- Sir John Talbot of GraftonGrafton- Places :Australia* Grafton, New South WalesCanada* Grafton, New Brunswick* Grafton, OntarioEngland* Grafton, Cheshire* Grafton, Herefordshire* Grafton, North Yorkshire* Grafton, Oxfordshire* Grafton, Shropshire* Grafton, Wiltshire...
, Worcestershire, and of Albrighton, Shropshire (died 6 June 1555), married Frances Gifford or Giffard, daughter of Sir John Gifford or Giffard, and had one son:- Sir John Talbot of GraftonJohn Talbot of GraftonSir John Talbot of Grafton, Worcestershire was a prominent recusant English Catholic layman of the reigns of Elizabeth I of England and James I of England. He was connected by marriage to one of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, and by acquaintance or family ties to other important Catholic figures...
, married Catherine or Katharine Petre, daughter of Sir William Petre, and had issue
- Sir John Talbot of Grafton
- Anne Talbot (born 1515), married Thomas Needham (born 1510)
- Sir John Talbot of Salwarpe, Worcestershire