John Gilbert, of Compton

Not the same as John Gilbert

John Gilbert, son and heir of Otes Gilbert, is shown in the Gilbert family tree done from the Visitation of Devon in 1564 as marrying Elizabeth the daughter of Sir John Croker of Linsamon and dying without children.

Origins

Otho Gilbert" is shown in the Gilbert Pedigree for the Visitation of Devon in 1564 with wife Elizabeth Hill, (daughter of John Hill of Shilston); sons John, Thomas, Otho and Galfrid (see later highlighted lists of sons from IPM and Will), and daughter Elizabeth Gilbert who married Thomas Grenefield of Stow (this may be Isabella Gilbert who married Thomas Grenville).

His will (image on Ancestry) when he refers to himself as "Otys Gylbert" was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 9 June 1494.[6] It names sons John, Thomas, Otys, William and Gefferey.

References

• The Visitation of the County of Devon, 1564 page 112 link
• Essex Institute Historical Collections. By Essex Institute. Page 41. GoogleBooks
• Otoms Gilbert  in England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858. AncestryImage Name [Otys 'Otes' Gilbert] Otoms Gilbert Probate Date 9 Jun 1494
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gilbert-275
• Maskelyne and H. C. Maxwell Lyte, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 751-800', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 1, Henry VII (London, 1898), pp. 312-344. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/series2-vol1/pp... [accessed 30 March 2020].