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Otho (Otis) GILBERT

Otho (Otis) GILBERT

Male 1513 - 1545  (31 years)


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  • Name Otho (Otis) GILBERT 
    Birth 15 Aug 1513  Modbury, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Name Otto Gilbert  [1
    Occupation Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 18 Feb 1545  Compton Castle, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I594778442  Carney Wehofer July 2025
    Last Modified 22 Sep 2024 

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

    Family Katherine CHAMPERNON, Raleigh,   b. 1519, Modbury, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1594, Modbury, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 1 Sep 1531  Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Sir John GILBERT,   b. 1533, Compton, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1596, Greenway, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     2. Otho GILBERT,   b. 1536, Compton, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1596, Greenway, Devon, , England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     3. Humphrey GILBERT,   b. 11 Jan 1539, Greenway, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1583, Off Newfoundland (Died at sea.) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
     4. Adrian GILBERT, MP,   b. Abt 1541, Greenway, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1628 (Age ~ 87 years)
     5. Elizabeth GILBERT,   b. 1541, Greenway, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1597, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     6. Katherine GILBERT,   b. 1543, Greenway, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1583 (Age 40 years)
     7. Carew GILBERT,   b. Abt 1545, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     8. John Raleigh GILBERT,   b. 1546, Greenway Court, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1597, An, Rakhine State, Myanmar Find all individuals with events at this location (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 
    1. [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).