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George Guildford

George Guildford

Male circa 1477 - After 1534  (~ 58 years)

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  1. 1.  George GuildfordGeorge Guildford was born circa 1477 (son of Sir Richard Guildford and Anne Pympe); died after 1534.

    Other Events:

    • Office: Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII
    • Office: 1523–24; Sheriff of Kent
    • Residence: Rolvenden, Kent, England
    • Residence: Benenden, Kent, England
    • Residence: Martel's Hall, Ardleigh, Essex, England
    • Residence: Great Bromley, Essex, England
    • Residence: Ashfield, Suffolk, England

    Notes:

    In 1509 he was indebted to the king.

    In 1522 he was one of the gentlemen in the train of Cardinal Wolsey when he went to meet the Emperor Charles V at Dover.

    He owed the Crown £100 in 1523, and it was ordered that the sum be collected from his lands.

    In 1524 he and his brother, Henry, had a license to export 1000 woolen cloths annually.

    Sources cited in Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd ed. (2011), volume 2, page 181:

    1. Morant, Hist. & Antiqs. of Essex, 1 (1768): 441.

    2. Watson, Tendring Hundred in the Olden Time (1877): 161–164.

    3. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 69.

    4. Grubb, Notes of Ardleigh & Its Neighbourhood (1905).

    5. Benolte & Cooke, Vis. of Kent 1530–1, 1574, & 1592, 1 (H.S.P. 74) (1923): 11 (1530–1 Vis.) (Guyldeforde ped.: "Master George Guyldeforde = Elsabeth d. to Robert Mortym[er] of Essex") (Guildford arms: Or, a saltire between four martlets sable), 77 (Add'l Peds.) (Guildford ped.: "George Guldeford = Elizabeth dau. and heire of Sire Robert Mortimer").

    6. Davis, Anc. of Mary Isaac (1955): 85–96.

    7. Feet of Fines for Essex, 4 (1964): 166.



    Residence:
    He and his wife sold the manor of Martel's Hall to William Mannock in 1528.

    Residence:
    jure uxoris

    Residence:
    jure uxoris

    George married Elizabeth Mortimer after 14 July 1487. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Mortimer and Lady Isabel Howard) was born circa 1475–8. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Sir John Guildford was born before 1508; died on 5 July 1565.
    2. Mary Guildford
    3. Anne Guildford

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sir Richard GuildfordSir Richard Guildford

    Other Events:

    • Decoration: Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
    • Office: Comptroller of King Henry VII
    • Office: Master of the Horse
    • Office: Master of the Ordnance and Armory
    • Office: Privy Councillor (P.C.)
    • Office: Sheriff of Kent
    • Residence: Cranbrook, Kent, England
    • Residence: Rolvenden, Kent, England
    • Residence: Higham, Sussex, England

    Richard married Anne Pympe. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Anne Pympe (daughter of John Pympe).
    Children:
    1. 1. George Guildford was born circa 1477; died after 1534.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  John Pympe

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Nettlested, Kent, England

    Children:
    1. 3. Anne Pympe



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