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Sir Geoffrey Gates, Knight: Champion of Lady Jane Grey 1506–1553 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1506

Birth Location: High Easter, Essex, England

Death Date: 22 Aug 1553

Death Location: High Easter, Essex, England

Father: Sir Grey

Mother: Lady Clopton

Spouse(s): Joan Wentworth, Delia (Gates), Lady Howe, Joan Wentworth, Elizabeth Clapton

Children(s): *Peter Gates, John Gates, John Gates, Geoffrey Gates, John Gates, Dorothy Gates, Geoffrey III, William Gates, Henry Gates, Rebecca champions\champen, Elizabeth Carew, Lady Gates

In 1506, Sir Geoffrey Gates, Knight: Champion of Lady Jane Grey entered the world in High Easter, Essex, England, born to Sir Geoffrey Knight Lord Gates I Gates Gates Knight Champion Of Lady Jane Grey And Lady Elizabeth Clopton. Sir Geoffrey Gates, Knight: Champion of Lady Jane Grey married Delia Deol Pascall Gates, Elizabeth Clapton, Joan Jean Gates Wentworth, Joan Wentworth, Lady Duchess Martha A Joyce Denny Carew Carewe Van Howe 1505 Lady Of Howe, and had children including Dorothy Gates, Elizabeth Lady Of Anthony House Cornwall Carew, Geoffrey Gates, Geoffrey Gates Iii, Henry Gates, John Gates, Lady Joyce Gates, Peter Of High Estre Gates, Rebecca Champions Champen, William Gates. Sir Geoffrey Gates, Knight: Champion of Lady Jane Grey passed away in 1553 in High Easter, Essex, England.

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Biography

  • In 1506, Sir Geoffrey Gates, Knight: Champion of Lady Jane Grey entered the world in High Easter, Essex, England, born to Sir Geoffrey Knight Lord Gates I Gates Gates Knight Champion Of Lady Jane Grey And Lady Elizabeth Clopton.
  • Sir Geoffrey Gates, Knight: Champion of Lady Jane Grey married Delia Deol Pascall Gates, Elizabeth Clapton, Joan Jean Gates Wentworth, Joan Wentworth, Lady Duchess Martha A Joyce Denny Carew Carewe Van Howe 1505 Lady Of Howe, and had children including Dorothy Gates, Elizabeth Lady Of Anthony House Cornwall Carew, Geoffrey Gates, Geoffrey Gates Iii, Henry Gates, John Gates, Lady Joyce Gates, Peter Of High Estre Gates, Rebecca Champions Champen, William Gates.
  • Sir Geoffrey Gates, Knight: Champion of Lady Jane Grey passed away in 1553 in High Easter, Essex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Grey
1484–1526
Birth Location: Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England
SG
Lady Clopton
1485–1549
Birth Location: Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England
LC

Spouses(s)

Joan Wentworth
1529–1558
Birth Location: High Easter, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
JW
Delia (Gates)
1507–1560
Birth Location: High Easter, Essex, England
D(
Lady Howe
1505–1572
Birth Location: Howe, Norfolk, England
LH
Joan Wentworth
1507–1560
Birth Location: Horton, Northamptonshire, England
JW
Elizabeth Clapton
1533–1596
Birth Location: Horton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
EC

Children(s)

*Peter Gates
1550–1605
Birth Location: High Easter, Essex, England
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John Gates
1504–1553
Birth Location: –
JG
John Gates
1529–1529
Birth Location: High Estre, Essex, England
JG
Geoffrey Gates
1530–1553
Birth Location: High Easter, Essex, England
GG
John Gates
1530–1570
Birth Location: Liskerd, Cornwall, England
JG
Dorothy Gates
1552–1581
Birth Location: Loddington, Kettering Borough, Northamptonshire, England
DG
Geoffrey III
1525–1565
Birth Location: High Easter, Uttlesford, Essex, England
GI
William Gates
1531–1589
Birth Location: High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom
WG
Henry Gates
1527–1553
Birth Location: High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom
HG
Rebecca champions\champen
1530–1621
Birth Location: England
Rc
Elizabeth Carew
1538–1579
Birth Location: Antony House, East Antony, St. Germans, East, Meneage, Truro, Carrick, East Cornwall, England
EC
Lady Gates
1548–
Birth Location: Epping, Essex, England, United Kingdom
LG

Sir Grey's Ancestors

Self
Sir Grey
1506–1553
Birth Place: High Easter, Essex, England
Parents
Sir Geoffrey Knight Lord Gates I Gates- Gates, Knight: Champion of Lady Jane Grey
1484–1526
Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England
Lady (Elizabeth) Clopton
1485–1549
Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Grey's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Geoffrey Gates, Knight: Champion of Lady Jane) Grey (1506–22 Aug 1553) m. Joan (Jean Gates) Wentworth (03 Jul 1529–1558) m. Delia ((Deol) Pascall) (Gates) (1507–6 Apr 1560) m. Lady (Duchess Martha A. Joyce Denny-Carew\Carewe-van Howe, 1505, Lady of) Howe (1505–9 Jan 1572) m. Joan Wentworth (1507–6 Apr 1560) m. Elizabeth Clapton (1533–21 July 1596)
  1. 1. *Peter (of High Estre) Gates 1550–1605 m. Mary Josselyn 1568–1620 m. Mary ((Mariam)) Josselyn 1558–1575
    1. 1. Mary (Ann) Gates 1580–1603 m. John (H) Ackley 1582–1622
      1. 1. Sir (John Patrick) Ackley 1604–1684 m. Elizabeth Bailey 1606–1634
        1. 1. Nicholas Ackley 1635–1695 m. Hannah (Ford Mitchell) (Ackley) 1639–1695
        2. 2. Peter Ackley 1633–1665
        3. 3. Martha Hagley –1712
      2. 2. Nicholas Ackley 1607–1650
      3. 3. Jane Ackley 1604–1604
    2. 2. Thomas Gates 1593–1635
    3. 3. Sir (Eustace Gates) (Jaques)(Jayuettes) 1570–1626
    4. 4. Stephen Gates –1662
    5. 5. Thomas Gates –1617
    6. 6. Stephen Gates 1597–1662
    7. 7. Thomas Gates 1593–1634
    8. 8. Thomas Gates 1590–1660
    9. 9. Peter Gates 1583–
    10. 10. Josselyn Gates 1580–
    11. 11. Thomas Gates 1585–1622
    12. 12. Josselyn Gates 1580–
    13. 13. Simon Gates 1606–1708
    14. 14. Stephan Gates 1604–1662
    15. 15. Sir (Thomas Gates, Governor of) Virginia 1590–1660
  2. 2. John Gates 1504–1553
  3. 3. John Gates 1529–1529
  4. 4. Geoffrey Gates 1530–1553
  5. 5. John Gates 1530–1570
  6. 6. Dorothy Gates 1552–1581
  7. 7. Geoffrey (Gates) III 1525–1565
  8. 8. William Gates 1531–1589
  9. 9. Henry Gates 1527–1553
  10. 10. Rebecca champions\champen 1530–1621
  11. 11. Elizabeth (Lady of Anthony House, Cornwall) Carew 1538–1579
  12. 12. Lady (Joyce) Gates 1548–

Sir Grey's Timeline

3 Records

1506
1506
Birth of Sir Geoffrey Gates, Knight: Champion of Lady Jane Grey in High Easter, Essex, England
High Easter, Essex, England
1530
1530
Age 24
Birth of Sir Geoffrey Gates, Knight: Champion of Lady Jane Grey in High Easter, Essex, England
High Easter, Essex, England
1553
22 Aug 1553
Age 47
Death of Sir Geoffrey Gates, Knight: Champion of Lady Jane Grey in High Easter, Essex, England
High Easter, Essex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: High Easter, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1506
    Event Place: High Easter, Essex, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Aug 1553
    Event Place: High Easter, Essex, England
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