Family and Education
b. c.1594, 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Gorges† (d. 30 Mar. 1610) of Langford, Wilts. and Helena (d. 1 Apr. 1635), wid. of William Parr, marquess of Northampton, da. of Ulf Henrikson von Snakenborg of East Gothland, Sweden.London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 569; PROB11/116/30; PROB11/167/327; J. Harris, Copies of the Epitaphs in Salisbury Cathedral (Salisbury, 1825), 34. educ. M. Temple 20 Feb. 1611.MTR ii. 535. m. (1) with £2000, bef. 23 Dec. 1619 Anne (d. c.1642), da. of Sir Henry Poole† of Sapperton, Glos. 1s. d.v.p. 3da.; (2) lic. 2 Feb. 1646 Anne, da. of John Gage of London, s.p.Glos. RO, D1571/T2; Vis. Glos. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xxi), 126; PROB11/204/57; London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 569; Memorials of St Margaret's Church, Westminster. Parish Registers ed. A.M. Burke (1914), 102. Kntd. 27 June 1616.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 158. d. c. Mar. 1648.PROB11/204/57; Glos. RO, D1571/T2.
Offices Held
Local: j.p. Wilts. 15 July 1623–30 Oct. 1643.
Parlimentarian
: Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title
GORGES, Sir Theobald (c.1594-1648), of Ashley, Wilts.
Will
3 Dec. 1647, pr. 13 Apr. 1648.PROB11/204/57.
Estates
manor of Ashley, Wilts. inherited on the d. of his mo. 1635, said to be worth £1,000.PROB11/116/30; Glos. RO, D1571/T2.
Oxford 1644
Yes
1640 Volume
oxford
Addresses
Ely House, Holborn, Westminster, Oct. 1645.CCAM 603.
Religion
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