Otho (Otis) GILBERT

1513 - 1545  (31 years)

• Name	Otho (Otis) GILBERT
  Birth	15 Aug 1513	Modbury, Devon, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Otto Gilbert  [1]
  Occupation	Devon, England   [1]
  	Sheriff - Compton Castle
  _FSFTID	M5SY-K38
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M5SY-K38
  _UID	E098586860764E1EB45CD282D399434DDA30
  Burial	1545	Holy Trinity Churchyard, Ilfracombe, Devon, England   [1]
  Death	18 Feb 1545	Compton Castle, Devon, England   [1]
  Person ID	I594778442	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Sir Thomas GILBERT,   b. Abt 1464, Compton, Devon, England d. 5 Aug 1529, Compton, Devon, England (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Lady Isabelle STRADLING, Raynward,   b. Abt 1480, St Minver, Cornwall, England d. Abt 1562, St Minver, Cornwall, England (Age ~ 82 years)
  Marriage	1510	Cornwall, England
  Family ID	F536731901	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine CHAMPERNON, Raleigh,   b. 1519, Modbury, Devon, England d. 18 Apr 1594, Modbury, Devon, England (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1 Sep 1531	Devon, England   [1]
  Children	1. Sir John GILBERT,   b. 1533, Compton, Devonshire, England d. 8 Sep 1596, Greenway, Devon, England (Age 63 years)   2. Otho GILBERT,   b. 1536, Compton, Devonshire, England d. 8 Sep 1596, Greenway, Devon, , England (Age 60 years)   3. Humphrey GILBERT,   b. 11 Jan 1539, Greenway, Devon, England d. 9 Sep 1583, Off Newfoundland (Died at sea.) (Age 44 years)   4. Adrian GILBERT, MP,   b. Abt 1541, Greenway, Devon, England d. 1628 (Age ~ 87 years)   5. Elizabeth GILBERT,   b. 1541, Greenway, Devon, England d. Aft 1597, England (Age 57 years)   6. Katherine GILBERT,   b. 1543, Greenway, Devon, England d. 1583 (Age 40 years)   7. Carew GILBERT,   b. Abt 1545, England d. Yes, date unknown   8. John Raleigh GILBERT,   b. 1546, Greenway Court, Devon, England d. 1597, An, Rakhine State, Myanmar (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F536731907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Gilbert of Compton Family tree was produced for the 1564 Visitation of Devon (and later updated) and shows Otho as the son of Thomas Gilbert and Isabella, and married to Catherine Champernon with 5 children: Katherine who married George Raleigh, Sir John, Humphrey, Otho and Adrian.[1] The Inquisition Post Mortem of Thomas Gilberd son and heir of Otho Gilbert was held at Plymton on 18 Oct in the 21 year of the reign of King Henry VIII (=1529) and named his heir as Otho Gilbert aged 16.[2] 1 May 1543 Devonshire Musters. Certificate by Otys Gylberd of his servants and tenants able to serve in the King's wars, made by authority of the King's letters to John Gylberd dated 31 March, 34 Hen. VIII., and delivered to the said Otys on 1 May (because no man in Devonshire is called John Gylberd except John Gylberd, dec., whose heir the said Otys is). Giving the names of 37 archers and billmen in his several lordships, with their harness. Parchment.[3] The John Gylberd mentioned would be Otis' uncle, in whose will he is also named. The Will of Otis Gilbert of Compton, Marldon, Devon was dated 16 May 1545 and proved on 16 June 1547.[4] [5] It named: Son Humphrey Son Adrian Son Otho Daughter Katherine 'Brother' Philip Penkevell an executor and gave to him the keeping of Humphrey and Adrian, until they came of age. Penkevell was a Cornish squire who was Otho Gilbert's step-brother. Their mother had been a Cornish heiress and Penkevell, who acted as steward for Gilbert, was a substantial man, holding the manor of Padstow at his death in 1562, by which time Humphrey was well over 21.[6] Transcription of Will:[7] ...my son Humprey to have the manor of Hansford in Devon &c, &c. ; Adryane his brother ; Otys my son, John his brother ; wife Kathe- | rine ; cosyn Rosecarocke ; brother Penkevell ; Thos Hender my servant his father Thomas Lynne ; my mother | Isabel Gilbert ; my wife to have the keeping of Otys, my brother Philip Penkevell to have Humprey and Adrian, daughter Katherine to be where she will at her own eleccion ; executors to be William Koupe, John Rose- carock, Edward Gilberd and Philip Penkevell. The Inquisition Post Mortem of Oto Gilbert who died on 18 Feb was held at was held on 13 Oct in the 1st year of the reign of King Edward V1 (=1547) and names son John as heir aged 11 and 3 quarter years and showed that he was born in January or February 1536,[8] and other heirs in order: Humphrey, Adrian, Oto and Katherine.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 22 Sep 2024), entry for Otho (Otis) Gilbert, person ID M5SY-K38. (Reliability: 3).