Gower Family of Stittenham, North Yorkshire ~ 1400s

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Gower Family of Stittenham, North Yorkshire ~ 1400s

Legg inn av Gjest » 15 aug 2005 20:04:01

Can anyone extend this line further back?

Walter Gower, Armiger, of Stittenham (in Sheriff Hutton), North Yorkshire.
Married Jonett [Johannam].
Died between 10 Oct. 1443 & 16 Nov. 1443 requesting burial near the altar of
St. Nicholas in the Church of St. Helen, Sheriff Hutton [Test. Ebor. 2:89].
His eldest son:

Thomas Gower, ""squyere"
Between 1446 and 1456 he and Thomas Witham sued Richard Driffield in
Chancery for withholding the manors of Hutton Colswayn, Bardolf, and Mynchon, which
they maintained they had purchased [VCH Yorkshire North Riding 2:152].
His son and heir:

Sir Thomas Gower of Stittenham
Knighted by the Duke of Gloucester in Scotland 24 Jul. 1482 [Surtees Society
Pub. 146:38].
Died 22 Aug. 1485 [Surtees Society Pub. 122:153].
Said to have married Agnes Thwaites, daughter of John Thwaites of Lofthouse
in Cleveland by his wife Isabella Ryther [Harleian Society Pub. 92:364].
His son:

Sir John Gower of Stittenham, a victim of Flodden.
Made his will 1 Sep. 1513 apparently in the house of the Austin Friars at
Newcastle [Test. Ebor. 5:47].

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