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Sir Robert Giles Kniveton Gilbert 1509–1546 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1509

Birth Location: Bridgewater, Somerset, England

Death Date: 1546

Death Location: Bridgewater, Somerset, England

Father: Humfrey Castle

Mother: Elizabeth Hackett

Spouse(s): Jane Haydon

Children(s): Gertrude Gilbert, Giles Gilbert, John Gilbert, Josiah Gilbert, Thomas Gilbert

Sir Robert Giles Kniveton Gilbert was born in 1509 in Bridgewater, Somerset, England, the child of Humfrey Humphrey John Kniveton Gilbert Sir Knight Of Youlgreave De Compton Castle And Elizabeth Ireland Black Hackett. Sir Robert Giles Kniveton Gilbert married Jane Roberta Haydon, and had children including Gertrude Kniveton Gilbert, Giles Gilbert, Joan Gilbert, John Gilbert, Josiah Gilbert, Thomas Gilbert. Sir Robert Giles Kniveton Gilbert passed away in 1546 in Bridgewater, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Robert Giles Kniveton Gilbert was born in 1509 in Bridgewater, Somerset, England, the child of Humfrey Humphrey John Kniveton Gilbert Sir Knight Of Youlgreave De Compton Castle And Elizabeth Ireland Black Hackett.
  • Sir Robert Giles Kniveton Gilbert married Jane Roberta Haydon, and had children including Gertrude Kniveton Gilbert, Giles Gilbert, Joan Gilbert, John Gilbert, Josiah Gilbert, Thomas Gilbert.
  • Sir Robert Giles Kniveton Gilbert passed away in 1546 in Bridgewater, Somerset, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Humfrey Castle
1488–1583
Birth Location: Youlgreave, Dales, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Hackett
1482–1546
Birth Location: Youlgreave, Dales, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Jane Haydon
1506–1600
Birth Location: Woodbury, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Gertrude Gilbert
1532–1593
Birth Location: Stanton Drew, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
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Giles Gilbert
1536–1595
Birth Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
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John Gilbert
1539–1560
Birth Location: Bridgewater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
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Josiah Gilbert
1546–1642
Birth Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
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Thomas Gilbert
1533–1610
Birth Location: Bridgewater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
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Sir Gilbert's Ancestors

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Sir Gilbert
1509–1546
Birth Place: Bridgewater, Somerset, England
Parents
Humfrey Humphrey John Kniveton Gilbert Sir Knight of Youlgreave de Compton Castle
1488–1583
Youlgreave, Dales, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (Ireland Black) Hackett
1482–1546
Youlgreave, Dales, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert (Kniveton) Gilbert
1463–1496
Youlgreave, Dales (Youlgreave), Derbyshire, England,
Elizabeth Columbell
1468–1511
Darley, Derbyshire, England
Roger Ireland
1470–
Hartshorne, Derbyshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Gilbert's Descendants

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Sir (Robert Giles Kniveton) Gilbert (1509–1546) m. Jane (Roberta) Haydon (1506–1600)
  1. 1. Gertrude (Kniveton) Gilbert 1532–1593 m. Anthony (Skutt) - 1520–1589
    1. 1. Lady (Martha Margaret) Skutt 1552–1610 m. Sir (Knight John Sr Cooper I, MP of) Rockbourne 1552–1610
      1. 1. Sir (John Baronet of Rockbourne) Cooper 1597–1631 m. Lady (Elizabeth Anne) Ashley 1602–1628
        1. 1. Lord (Anthonie Ayshley-Cooper Earl van Shaftesbury) (Couper) 1621–1683 m. Elizabeth (Clementina) Oldfield 1625–1679 m. Mary (Margaret) Spencer 1627–1693 m. Frances Cecil 1633–1654
      2. 2. Bridget Cooper –1670
      3. 3. Ferrers Cooper 1570–1600
      4. 4. Jane Cooper 1580–
      5. 5. Margaret Cooper 1574–
      6. 6. Martha Cooper 1576–
      7. 7. Olive Cooper 1590–1652
      8. 8. Richard Cooper 1570–1626
    2. 2. Lady (Martha Margaret) Skutt 1552–1610 m. Sir (Knight John Cooper Sr., I MP of) Rockbourne 1552–1610
      1. 1. John Cooper 1597–1631 m. Lady (Anne Elizabeth) Ashley 1593–1628
        1. 1. Sir (Knight Lord Anthony George Ashley Cooper 1st Earl Van) Shaftesbury 1621–1683 m. The (Honourable Lady Margaret) Coventry 1620–1649 m. Lady (Frances Cecil of) Exeter 1632–1654
        2. 2. Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1621–1683
        3. 3. John (Ashley) Cooper 1625–1677
        4. 4. Philippa Cooper 1623–1701
        5. 5. Thomas Cooper 1628–1658
      2. 2. Bridget Cooper –1670 m. Edmund (Tremayne, of) Collacombe 1587–1667
        1. 1. Arthur Tremayne 1627–1710
        2. 2. John Tremayne 1622–1658
        3. 3. Mary Tremayne 1616–1617
        4. 4. Grace Tremayne 1619–1619
        5. 5. Martha Tremayne 1624–1688
        6. 6. Thomas Tremayne 1617–1642
        7. 7. John Tremayne 1620–1621
      3. 3. Ferrers Cooper 1570–1600
      4. 4. Jane Cooper 1580–
      5. 5. Margaret Cooper 1574–
      6. 6. Martha Cooper 1576–
      7. 7. Olive Cooper 1590–1652
      8. 8. Richard Cooper 1570–1626
  2. 2. Giles Gilbert 1536–1595
  3. 3. John Gilbert 1539–1560
  4. 4. Josiah Gilbert 1546–1642
  5. 5. Thomas Gilbert 1533–1610

Sir Gilbert's Timeline

2 Records

1509
1509
Birth of Sir Robert Giles Kniveton Gilbert in Bridgewater, Somerset, England
Bridgewater, Somerset, England
1546
1546
Age 37
Death of Sir Robert Giles Kniveton Gilbert in Bridgewater, Somerset, England
Bridgewater, Somerset, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1509
    Event Place: Bridgewater, Somerset, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1546
    Event Place: Bridgewater, Somerset, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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