Eleanor de Gorges, Heir of Wraxall & Knighton

• parents: Ralph De GORGES (1° B. Gorges) & Eleanor

Married:

1. Theobald RUSSEL

Children:

1. Ralph RUSSELL
2. William RUSSELL (died sp)
3. Theobald GORGES (Sir)

Notes

• His [Ralph 2nd Baron de Gorges'] coheirs were his three sisters ....(2) Eleanor, who received the manors of Wraxall and Knighton was wife of Sir Theobald Russell, of Kingston Russell, by whom she had a son and heir, Ralph (father of Sir Maurice Rusell (b).
• (b) She [Eleanor de Gorges] had also a son, Theobald, who assumed the name of Gorges, and from him descend the Gorges of Wraxall, the Lords Gorges of Dundalk, Gorges of Kilbrew, co. Meath, etc. In connection with which the Editors desire to record their thanks to Mr. Raymond Gorges of Washington, USA, for his kindly interest in this article. Sir Theobald de Gorges was sheriff of Somerset and Dorset in 1361, and of Hants in 1375. (1)

Sources

1. Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000. Page: VI:12-13

Links

• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/GORGES.htm#Eleanor GORGES1
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id...