Otho Gilbert

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gilbert-5831

Gilbert of Compton Family tree was produced for the 1564 Visitation of Devon and shows Otho as the son of Thomas Gilbert and Isabella. He had 5 childern by Catherine Champernon as shown in the tree.[1]

The Will of Otis Gilbert of Compton, Marldon, Devon was dated 16 May 1545 and proved on 16 June 1547[2] named his children Humphrey, Adrian, Otho and Katherine.[3]He made his ‘brother’ Philip Penkevell an executor and gave to him the keeping of Humphrey and Adrian, until they came of age. Penkevell was a Cornish squire who was Otho Gilbert’s step-brother. Their mother had been a Cornish heiress and Penkevell, who acted as steward for Gilbert, was a substantial man, holding the manor of Padstow at his death in 1562, by which time Humphrey was well over 21.[4]

The Inquisition Post Mortem of Thomas Gilberd son and heir of Otho Gilbert was held at Plymton on 18 Oct in the 21 year of the reign of King Henry VIII (=1529) and named his heir as Otho Gilbert aged 16.[5]

The Inquisition Post Mortem of Oto Gilbert who died on 18 Feb was held at was held on 13 Oct in the 1st year of the reign of King Edward V1 (=1547) and names son John as heir aged 11 and 3 quarter years and showed that he was born in January or February 1536,[6] and other heirs in order: Humphrey, Adrian, Oto and Katherine.[7]

• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CHAMPERNOWNE.htm#Catherine CHAMPERNOWNE2
• Catherine CHAMPERNOWNE
• Born: ABT 1519
• Died: 1594
• Notes: during the reign of Henry VIII, she converted to Protestantism and refused to give up her beliefs when Mary Tudor was queen. She sat with the martyr, Agnes Prest, the night before her execution. She does not, however, seem to have been prosecuted herself. Under Elizabeth Tudor, through the influence of Catherine’s relative, Kate Astley, Catherine’s son Walter was introduced to court and made a success of himself there. Catherine continued to live in the West Country, where she kept liveried servants and a waiting woman, but she was in debt when she died. She made her will on 18 Apr 1594. She was buried in Exeter with her second husband.
• Father: Phillip CHAMPERNOWNE of Modbury (Sir)
• Mother: Catherine CAREW
• 'Married 1: Otho GILBERT of Compton Castle (d. 1547)
• Children:
• 1. John GILBERT
• 2. Humphrey GILBERT (Sir) (See his Biography)
• 3. Adrian GILBERT
• 4. Elizabeth GILBERT
• Married 2: Walter RALEIGH of Fardell
• Children:
• 5. Margaret RALEIGH
• 6. Walter RALEIGH (Sir Knight)
• 7. Carew RALEIGH of Fardell (Sir) (b. 1550 - d. 1625)
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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_Gilbert
• Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1539 – 9 September 1583) [1] was an English adventurer, explorer, member of parliament, and soldier from Devon, who served the crown during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England.[1]. One of the pioneers of English colonization, he also claimed what is thought to be the first English property in North America. He was a half-brother (through his mother) of Sir Walter Raleigh.[1]
• Early life
• Gilbert was the second son born to OTHO and KATHERINE CHAMPERNOWNE GILBERT of Compton and Greenway, Galmpton, Devon. His brothers Sir John Gilbert and Adrian Gilbert, and half brothers Carew Raleigh and Sir Walter Raleigh were also prominent during the reigns of Elizabeth I and / or James I. Katherine was a niece of Kat Ashley, Elizabeth's governess, who introduced the young men at court. His uncle, Sir Arthur Champernowne, involved Gilbert in efforts to establish Irish plantations between 1566-1572.[2]
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Origins

Thomas Gilbert is named in the Gilbert Tree shown in the Visitation of the County of Devon in 1564 as the son of Otho Gilbert and Elizabeth Hyll and married to Isabella and with children Otho and Joan.[1]

The Inquisition Post Mortem of Thomas Gilberd son and heir of Otho Gilbert was held at Plymton on 18 Oct in the 21 year of the reign of King Henry VIII (=1529) and named his heir as Otho Gilbert aged 16.[2]

References

• The Visitation of the County of Devon, 1564 page 112 link
• Essex Institute Historical Collections. By Essex Institute. Page 41. GoogleBooks