Thomas Gilbert, of Compton

Biography

2nd son. Heir to his brother John Gilbert, who died without issue. They were children of Sir Otho, who was sheriff of Devonshire in 1474. Through the lineage of his son Thomas Gilbert comes the famous English Navigator, Sir Humphrey Gilbert.

Thomas 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]

Origins

"Otho Gilbert" is shown in the Gilbert Pedigree for the Visitation of Devon in 1564[1]with wife Elizabeth Hill, daughter Elizabeth (married Thomas Grenefield) and 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, Archive.Org
• 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
• 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].
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gilbert-275