Edward GORGES, Of Wraxall, Sir Knight^[1]

Abt 1483 - 1565  (~ 82 years)

• Name	Edward GORGES  [2]
  Suffix	Of Wraxall, Sir Knight
  Born	Abt 1483	Wraxall, Somerset, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	44ACF8F2CA404E9D8023B6759BE21F0F48D8
  Died	11 Feb 1564-1565
  Person ID	I13138	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Edmund GORGES, Of Wraxall, Kb, Sir,   b. 1454, Wraxall, Somerset, England ,   d. 1512  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Anne HOWARD,   b. Abt 1446, Tendring, Essex, England ,   d. Bef 1500, Wraxall, Somerset, England  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Family ID	F6732	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Sheriff for Somerset November 17, 1514 and November 9, 1529. He was knighted at the battle of Flodden Field on September 9, 1513 (The Scots were defeated, losing some 10,000 men in the battle.) He was a member of the jury that indicted the Duke of Buckingham for treason (The Duke was beheaded, the fifth successive chief of the house of Stafford to meet a violent death).

  
  

• Sources

  [S579] Jim Weber. [S161] The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States, by Gary Boyd Roberts, 1993, 244 (Reliability: 3).