Gilbert de Gaunt 1st Earl of Lincoln

• Preferred Name: Gilbert de Gaunt 1st Earl of Lincoln^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
  
• Alternate Name: Gilbert de Gaunt
  
• Alternate Name: Gilbert de Ghent
  
• Gender: M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Earl of Lincoln
  
• Death: 1156 in Bridlington, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N4.0856 LONG: E0.1995
  
• Find A Grave: with note: Description: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129412695/gilbert-de-gant
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Earl of Lincolnshire with note: The Visitation of the county of Rutland in the year 1618-19. Taken by William Camden, Clarenceaux king of arms pg 41 Reference to Simon St Lise, 3 Earl ob.s.p.1184 married Allice daughter & heire of Gilbert de Gaunt Earl of Lincoln.
  
• FSID: G9LW-DZV
  
• Birth: 1126 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England at LATI: N2.8667 LONG: E0.4
  
• Burial: in Priory Church of St. Mary, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N4.0819 LONG: E0.1923
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/Earl-of-Lincoln-Gilbert-de-Gaunt-1st-Earl-of-Lincoln/6000000006906122525?through=6000000002188318127
  
• Christening: in Priory, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N4.0819 LONG: E0.1923
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
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  Gilbert de Gaunt, 1st Earl of Lincoln
  Also Known As: "Earl"
  Birthdate: circa 1126
  Birthplace: Of, Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England
  Death: 1156 (25-34)
  Spm
  Place of Burial: Priory, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England
  Immediate Family:
  Son of Walter van Gent, lord of Folkingham (aka Walter de Lindsey) and Mathilde “Maud” de Penthièvre
  Husband of Rohese de Clare
  
  Father of
  Gilbert de Gaunt;
  Alice de Gaunt, Countess of Northampton and
  Gunnora de Gant
  Brother of Sir William de Lindsay, of Ercildun; Isabel (Elizabeth) de Gaunt; Alice de Mowbray; Robert de Gant (Gaunt), lord of Aalst, Folkingham and Bridlington; Geoffrey de Gaunt; and Agnes de Gant « less
  Occupation: Earl of Lincoln
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “WALTER DE GANT (or GAUNT), of Folkingham and Aisthorpe, Lincolnshire, Stanton (in Fen Stanton), Huntingdonshire, Rufford and Eakring, Nottinghamshire, Burley, Rutland, etc., son and heir, of age before 1113 or 1114. He married before 1120 MAUD OF BRITTANY, daughter of Stephen (or Etienne), Count of Brittany, lord of Richmond, by his wife, Hawise [see RICHMOND 4 for her ancestry]. Her maritagm include the manor of Swaledale, Yorkshire. They had six sons, Gilbert [Earl of Lincoln], Robert, Philip, Baldwin [Canon of Bridlington], Geoffrey, and possibly Walter [Canon of Oseney, Abbot of Waltham], and three daughters, Alice, Agnes, and (wife of William Fitz Walter). He founded Bridlington Priory, Yorkshire in 1113 or 1114. He confirmed his father's gift to Bardney Abbey, Lincolnshire in 1115. He was a member of the council of King Henry I in 1121 or 1122 and Sept. 1131. He was present at the Easter court of King Stephen in 1136. He was a commander at the Battle of the Standard in 1138. WALTER DE GANT died as a monk at Bardney Abbey, Yorkshire in 1139. ...
  Children of Walter de Gant, by Maud of Brittany:
  i. GILBERT DE GANT, of Folkingham, Lincolnshire, Stanton (in Fen Stanton), Huntingdonshire, Burley, Rutland, etc., son and heir, born at Bridlington about 1120. In the period, 1139-1149, he confirmed his father's gift of land to Hausgot de Eakring. He fought on the side of King Stephen at the Battle of Lincoln in Feb. 1140/1, where he was taken prisoner by Ranulph, Earl of Chester. He married ROHESE DE CLARE, daughter of Richard Fitz Gilbert, of Clare, Suffolk, by Alice, daughter of Ranulph, Earl of Chester [see CLARE 3 for her ancestry]. They had one daughter, Alice. In 1147 he claimed the honour of Pontefract against Henry de Lacy, and, in the fighting which ensued, Pontefract Priory was burned down and Gilbert was excommunicated. He was created Earl of Lincoln c.1148. About 1148, as Earl of Lincoln, he founded Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire. In the period, 1148-53, he granted Rufford Abbey all the land which Ralph son of Rainger held of him in Cratela, Nottinghamshire less a bovate, in exchange for a carucate of land in Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire. In the period, 1148-66, his wife, Rohese confirmed to the monks of Kirkstead the donation of Ralph Fitz Gilbert of land at Scampton, Lincolnshire which her husband, Earl Gilbert, gave her in dower. In the period, c.1148-56, he gave four carucates of land in Barton upon Humber, Lincolnshire to William Basset. In the period, 1148-56, he granted Herbert Fitz Adelard land at Fenton and Walcot, Lincolnshire. In the period, 1148-56, he granted Tero' Fitz Malger half of Speeton, Yorkshire. He was a benefactor to Bardney, Bridlington, Kirkstead, Rievaulx, Sempingham, and Thornton. He also gave the monks of Biham a better site for their abbey at Vaudey in Edenham, Lincolnshire. GILBERT DE GANT, Earl of Lincoln, died in 1156, requesting his burial at Bridlington Priory, Yorkshire. In the period, 1156-63, his widow, Rohese, granted land in Cradey in free alms to Rufford Priory, except for the service due to her from Hugh Fitz Ralph. She married (2nd) before 1163 ROBERT FITZ ROBERT, of Ilkley, Yorkshire, South Elkington, Lincolnshire, etc., Steward to William de Percy, son of Robert Fitz Fulk, of Ilkley, Yorkshire, South Elkington, Lincolnshire, etc., Steward to William de Percy, by Alice, daughter of Herbert de Saint Quintin. They had two daughters, Margaret (wife of William de Kyme) and Rohese (or Rose). About 1148 he granted Sallay Abbey, Yorkshire two bovates in Ilkley, Yorkshire and two assarts. At an unknown date, he and his wife, Countess Rohese, granted to Thomas Fitz Wigot all his father's lands in Scampton, Lincolnshire. Anderson Genealogical Hist. of the House of Yvery 2 (1742): 50-58. Blomefield Essay towards a Top. Hist. of Norfolk 6 (1807): 197-228 ("Gilbert de Gaunt, by deed confirmed to the said monks, 40 acres of land at Gudlacistovia in Swaffham], which Earl Alan his uncle had granted them; this Gilbert de Gaunt was Earl of Lincoln."). Dugdale Monasticon Auglicanum 1 (1817): 630-632; 6(1) (1830): 286 (charter of Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln), 288. Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 1 (1822-30): 440 (Gaunt ped.). Bowles & Nichols Annals & Antiqs. of Lacock Abbey (1835): 79-80. Top. & Gen. 1 (1846): 301-320. Atkinson Cartularium Abbathiæ de Rievalle (Surtees Soc. 83) (1889): 47 (charter of Gilbert de Gant dated pre-1148), 47-48 (charter of Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln dated c.1147-56). Lincolnshire Notes & Queries 5 (1898): 122-123. Holmes Chartulary of St. John of Pontefract 2 (Yorkshire Arch. Soc. Recs. 30) (1902): 480-482, 520-521 (charter of Gilbert, Earl of Lincoln dated c.1147-56; charter witnessed by Geoffrey de Gant and Baldwin de Gant), 521-522 (charter of Gilbert, Earl of Lincoln dated c.1147-56; charter witnessed by Geoffrey de Gant and Baldwin de Gant). Warner & Ellis Facsimiles of Royal & Other Charters in the British Museum 1 (1903): #48. Clay Extinct & Dormant Peerages (1913): 83-85 (sub Gaunt). Rotuli de Dominabus et Pueris et Puellis de XII Comitatibus [11857 (Pipe Roll Soc. 35) (1913): 5 ([Elizabeth] widow of Robert Fitz Hugh de Tateshale, styled "niece of Earl Gilbert de Gant" Ineptis Comitis Gileberti de Ganti), 9 ([Elizabeth] widow of Robert Fitz Hugh styled "daughter of William Fitz Walter of Welle" [filia Willelmi filii Waken de Welle]). VCH Yorkshire N.R. 1 (1914): 240. Farrer Early Yorkshire Charters 2 (1915): 429 (charter of Gilbert de Gant dated c.1139-48; charter witnessed by his brothers, Geoffrey, Robert, and Baldwin), 429-430 (notification by Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln dated c.1150-56), 432-436, 449-50 (notification by Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln dated 1158-53), 450 451 (confirmation charter of Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln dated 1148-53), 454-455 (confirmation charter of Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln dated c.1155-56; charter witnessed by his brother, Robert de Gant), 469-470 (charter of Gilbert de Gant dated 1142-47), 470-471 (charter of Gilbert de Gant dated 1147), 471 (charter of Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln dated 1148-56), 471 (notification by Gilbert Earl of Lincoln dated 1148-56), 471-472 (grant by Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln dated 1148-56), 493-494 (charter of Gilbert, Earl of Lincoln dated 1148-56). Stenton Documents illus. of the Social & Economic Hist. of the Danelaw (1920): 262 (charter of Gilbert de Gant dated 1147-53). Stenton Transcripts of Charters reL to the Gilbertine Houses of Sixle, Ormsly, Catley, Bullington, and Alvingham (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 18) (1922): 42, 98. Foster Registrum Antiquissimum of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln 1 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 27) (1931): 41-45; 2 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 28) (1933): 9-10. C.P. 7 (1929): 672-673 (sub Lincoln); 9 (1936): 369-372. McNulty Chartulary of the Cistercian Abby of St. Mary of Sallay in Craven 2 (Yorkshire Arch. Soc. Rec. Ser. 90) (1934): 78-79 (charter of Robert, Steward of William de Percy, dated c.1148). VCH Rutland 2 (1935): 112-119. Yorkshire Deeds 9 (Yorkshire Arch. Soc. Recs. 111) (1948): 162 (charter of Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln dated c.1148-56; charter witnessed by Geoffrey de Gant, Robert de Gant, and Baldwin de Gant). Hatton Book of Seals (1950): 204-205 (charter of Gilbert de Gant dated c.1148-56). Paget (1957) 130:5. Davis King Stephen (1967): 138 ("Gilbert de Gant is usually stated to have been created earl of Lincoln c.1147-8, but in a charter which he gave to Bardney Abbey and addressed to Robert Bishop of Lincoln (elected 13 December, consecrated 19 December 1148), he still styles himself plain Gilbertus de Gaunt (B.M., Cotton MS, Vespasian E. xx, f. 54). In royal charters he may sometimes be confused with two other Earl Gilberts, of Pembroke and Hertford, but is is referred to as Gilbertus comes Lincolnie in a writ of Stephen for William de Huntingfield (Reg. iii. 123,414). It may be presumed that he was appointed during, or as a result of, Stephen's successful northern campaign in 1149."). Holdsworth Rufford Charters (Thoroton Soc. Rec. Ser. 30) (1974): 392 (Countess Rohese styled "sister of Earl Roger de Clare" [soror comitis Rogeri de Clara]), 408. Franklin English Episcopal Acta 17: Coventry & Lichfield 1183-1208 (1998): 140-141. Dalton Conquest, Anarchy & Lordship: Yorkshire, 1066-1154 (2002): 164-165. Katharine Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants (2002): 472. Tanner Families, Friends, & Allies: Boulogne & Politics in Northern France & England (2004): 197, 206. Wilkinson Women in 13th Cent. Lincolnshire (2007): 8 ("During her marriage to Gilbert de Gant, earl of Lincoln (d. 1156) ... Rohese de Clare employed a portrait seal which bore the legent 'SIGILLUM ROHAIS UXORIS GILLEBERTI DE GANT.' When Gilbert died, Rohese married a new husband of less exalted rank. She thereafter adopted a new seal which displayed eight heraldic chevrons associated with her natal family of Clare and bore a new legent, `SIGILLUM ROHESIE COMITISSE LINCOLNIE,' celebrating the title acquired through her first marriage.").
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  1142 - Battle of Lincoln - as youth - taken prisoner with King Stephen
  1146 - founded - Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire
  
  === !#21> Complete Peerage-v6-p645,-v7-p672/ ===
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  === V M Norr: Some Early English Pedigrees ===
  V M Norr: Some Early English Pedigrees pp. 47, 83
  
  === Became Earl of Lincoln in the right of h ===
  Became Earl of Lincoln in the right of his wife.
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.20, 22, 28, 31, 42;
  
  === EARLDOM OF LINCOLN (IV, 1)
  
  GILBERT DE G ===
  EARLDOM OF LINCOLN (IV, 1)
  
  GILBERT DE GANT or GAUNT, son and heir of Walter DE GANT, by Maud, daughter of Stephen, COUNT OF BRITTANY, was born circa 1120, at Bridlington, and baptized there. He fought on the side of Stephen at the battle of Lincoln in February 1140/1, and was there taken prisoner by Ranulph II, Earl of Chester, who compelled him to marry his niece. In 1147 he claimed the honour of Pontefract against Henry de Lacy, and in the fighting which ensued the priory of Pontefract was burnt down, and Gilbert was excommunicated. Although William de Roumare had been created Earl of Lincoln circa 1141, and presumably was still in enjoyment of that earldom, Gilbert was created by Stephen EARL OF LINCOLN circa 1147-48, and in about 1148, as Earl of Lincoln, founded Rufford Abbey, Notts.
  
  He married Rohese, sister of Gilbert and Roger, 1st & 2nd EARLS OF HERTFORD, and daughter of Richard FITZGILBERT of Clare, by Adeliz, daughter of Ranulph I, EARL OF CHESTER, and Lucy his wife. He died s.p.m., in 1156, desiring to be buried at Bridlington Priory, where he had been baptised and brought up from childhood. His widow married Robert, Sewer of William de Percy. [Complete Peerage VII:672-3, XIV:436, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
  
  === REF: Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain Am ===
  REF: Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists 143-22. Probably arrived in England in 1066, was a commander in York, 1068, and was taken prisoner there by the Danes in 1069. He was a tenant-in-chief and one of the largest landholders in co. Lincoln in 1086, Folkingham being the head of his barony.
  
  === Weis. 88-27. Gilbert de Gaunt would ap ===
  Weis. 88-27. Gilbert de Gaunt would appear to be of the generation of Walter de Gaunt 143-24, 156-24, who was son of Gilbert de Gant (Gaunt or Ghent) who died about 1095 (143-22).
  
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  Memoirs Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of the County andCity of Lincoln, communicated to the Annual Meeting of theArcheaological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, held atLincoln, July, 1848, with a General Report of the Proceedings of theMeeting, and a Catalogue of the Museum formed on that Occasion
  By The Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain
  p. 264
  
  Having thus accompanied this family [the "de Roumare" family, Earls ofLincoln] to its termination, we must now go back for more than sixtyyears, to the time of the battle of Lincoln in 1141, in order toexamine how THE EARLDOM WAS DIVIDED, how it was that there were twoEarls of Lincoln at once,--Earl William de Roumare and Earl Gilbert deGant; whilst during the same time their potent kinsman, the Earl ofChester, was the actual lord of the castle and city of Lincoln, and,in fact, acted as the arbiter of the fortunes of both the Earls.
  
  We are told, [Footnote 1: John of Hexham's continuation to thechronicle of Simeon of Durham.] that when the Earl of Chester defeatedKing Stephen, and took him prisoner at the battle of Lincoln [p. 265]in 1141, he also made prisoner Gilbert de Gant, then a youth, who wascompelled by the Earl to take his niece in marriage. But we canscarcely suppose that this compulsory marriage, which brought with itan Earldom, involved any extraordinary hardship. It is certain thatthe youth was already a person of importance, from the wide extent ofhis domains, chiefly lying in this county [Lincolnshire]; and this wasprobably the consideration which made the Earl of Chester anxious tosecure his alliance. GILBERT DE GANT was the representative of afamily which flourished for many generations, both before and afterhis time, in the possession of large territories in Lincolnshire. Hisgrandfather of the same name had come into England with the Conqueror,being nephew to Matilda [CORRECTION: It appears he was the son of the1st cousin of Matilda], the consort of the Norman Duke [William theConqueror], and son of Baldwin, Earl Flanders [CORRECTION: son ofBaldwin de Gand, Lord of Alost]. The second Gilbert's father was namedWalter, and his mother was Matilda, daughter of Stephen, Earl ofBrittany. He was himself born, baptised, and educated at Bridlington,in Yorkshire, as he relates in a remarkable charter, [footnote 2: Mon.Angl., ii. 165.] by which he bound himself to the Church of St. Maryof Bridlington, that, whenever he died, his body should there receivesepulture; engaging, moreover, to become a monk of that house, shouldGod ever move him to assume the habit of religion. We have evidencethat he continued to use the title of Earl of Lincolncontemporaneously with Earl William de Roumare, for many years afterthe battle of Lincoln; and, indeed, there is no doubt that he was sostyled until his death in 1156, which was fifteen years after. Many ofhis charters under this title are extant. [footnote 3: See theenumeration in Topogr. and Genealogist, i. 305.] They do notimmediately present us with dates; but of two of them it may bestates, that he styles himself "Earl" in his charter, whereby theAbbey of Rufford was founded, the date of which event is placed byhistorians either in 1146 or 1148; and that his charter removing theCistercian monks of Byham to Vaudey in this county, was granted at therequest of Eugenius the Roman bishop, who occupied the papal chairfrom 1145 to 1153. We may, therefore, fairly conclude, [p. 266] thatGilbert de Gant continued Earl of Lincoln until his death. His Seal inthe annexed engraving is from a charter preserved in the BritishMuseum. [footnote 4: Harl. Cart. 50 F. 31. It hs been printed in theTopographer and Genealogist, vol. i. p. 317.]
  
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• m. ABT 1140 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England

1. Alice de Gaunt, b. ABT 1140 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England     d. 1185 in Bridlington, Yorkshire, England

1. Title: "The Visitation of the county of Rutland in the year 1618-19. Taken by William Camden, Clarenceaux king of arms," by Camden, William, 1551-1623. cn; College of Arms (Great Britain) cn; Armytage, George John, Sir, bart., 1842-1918, ed
   Author: Publication date: 1870 Topics: Heraldry -- England Rutland, Visitations, Heraldic -- England Rutland, Rutland (England) -- Genealogy, genealogy Publisher: London Collection: allen_county; americana Digitizing sponsor: MSN Contributor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Language: English
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00camd/page/40/mode/2up?q=simon+de;
   Note: page 41 DURANT pedigree. Note: Ancestral pedigree of St. LISE is listed in entry for Margerett, daughter and coheire of Rowland St. Lise, married Sir Henry Durant of Cottismore.
   Page: The Visitation of the county of Rutland in the year 1618-19. Taken by William Camden, Clarenceaux king of arms pg 41 Reference to Simon St Lise, 3 Earl ob.s.p.1184 married Allice daughter & heire of Gilbert de Gaunt Earl of Lincoln
   
2. Title: Gilbert de Gand, "Find A Grave Index"
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   Note: Gilbert De Gaunt Earl Of Lincoln Birth 1118 Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England Marriage Marriage to: Rohese of Monmouth Lincoln After 1140 Death 1156 Priory, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England Burial Folkingham, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England Family members Parents Sir Walter De Gaunt, Earl of Linsey 1087 - 1138 Lady Mathilde De Gaunt, of Rennes (born De Penthièvre) 1098 - 1135 Wife Rohese of Monmouth Lincoln 1100 - 1180 Siblings Agnes De Welles (born De Gaunt) 1110 - 1176 Isabel (Elizabeth) De Welles (born De Gaunt) 1114 - 1176 Alice D'aubigny De Mowbray (born De Gaunt) 1120 - 1176 Gilbert De Gant, 1st Earl of Lincoln 1126 - 1156 Robert (De) Gaunt ? - 1191 Elizabeth De Welles (born De Gaunt) 1111 - 1176 Maud De De Welles (born Gand) 1118 - ? Robert Gant, Baron Gant of Folkingham 1185-93 1122 - 1193 Gilbert (De) Lincoln Source Patterson Web Site Updated on Feb 10 2023 (23 days ago)90,029 profiles in one family tree9 photos View full profile in this site Craig H. Patterson Site manager Contact Craig H.
   
4. Title: Gilbert de Gant, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGR-CD2C : 4 July 2020), Gilbert de Gant, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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