Joan de Gorges

After 1236 Joan, widow of Sir Ralph, sued in Normandy for her dower rights, but it was determined by the court of Rouen that she was an heiress with lands of her own, and part of these were given to her younger son, Ralph de Gorges.

Sources

1. The Story of a Family through Eleven Centuries, Illustrated by Portraits and Pedigrees: Being a History of the Family of Gorges by Raymond Gorges, Frederick Brown; Merrymount Press, 1944. 293 pgs. Page 5-7. Available to view on line at http://Hathitrust.org