Audrey Gilbert

American Ancestry, Volume 12 By Thomas P. Hughes GoogleBooks Pg.131 Hathitrust

... John Gilbert of Little Ellingham Norfolk Eng. (m. Anne); son of

THOMAS, LORD OF THE MANOR OF WOLCOTT in North Burlingham Norfolk Eng., cousin of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, the celebrated navigator (m. Aleny, dau. of Thomas Ward of Brooke Norfolk Eng., from whom was descended Dudley, Lord Ward, Baron of Burlingham); son of Richard Gilbert of North Potherwain Devonshire Eng., d. 1548, removed to Norfolk and became Lord of the manor of Wolcott (m. 2nd Elizabeth Newton); son of WILLIAM GILBERT of Bridge Ruh in Cornwall; son of Otho of Compton, high sheriff of Devonshire 1475 (m. Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Hill of Shelston in Modbury co. Devon); son of William Gilbert of Compton (m. Isabelle Ganbon of Mereston); son of William of Compton (m. Elizabeth, dau. and co-heir of Oliver Champernon esquire, and of royal descent through her mother, dau. of Hugh Valletort, from Cedric the Saxon, Emperor Charlemagne, Alfred the Great, etc.); son of Thomas Gilbert of Compton (m. Joan, dau. of William Compton of Compton, esquire); son of Jeffry Gilbert of Compton (m. Amy); son of Gilbert of Compton, in the parish of Manadon in Devonshire 1068.

References

• The visitacion [i.e., visitation] of Norfolk, made and taken by William Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, anno 1563, enlarged with another visitacion [sic] made by Clarenceux Cook : with many other descents, and also the vissitation [sic] made Author Rye, Walter, 1843-1927; Hervey, William; Cooke, Clarenceux; Raven, John. “Ward” Page 305. Archive.Org: “Gilbert” Page 129. Archive.Org