Mr. Edward Gorges

Abt 1483 - 1565  (~ 82 years)

• Name	Edward Gorges  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Mr.
  Christening	1482	Wraxall, Somerset, England
  Birth	Abt 1483	Wraxall, Somerset, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LCMP-J42  [4]
  Name	Edmund Esq. Gorges  [1, 2, 3]
  Name	Edmund Georges  [1, 2, 3]
  Name	Edmund Gorge  [1, 2, 3]
  Name	Edmund Gorges  [1, 2, 3]
  Name	Edmund Gorges ;[Esquire]  [1, 2, 3]
  Name	Edmund Gorges Esq.  [1, 2, 3]
  Name	Edmund Gorges Esquire  [1, 2, 3]
  Name	Gorge  [1, 2, 3]
  Death	Wraxall, Somerset, England   [1, 3]
  Burial	1565	Wraxall, Somerset, England   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I70147	footsteps
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2025

  
  

  Family	Mary Newton,   b. Abt 1499, Clevedon, Somerset, England
  Children	+ 1. Lepton Gorges,   b. Abt 1525, England d. Abt 1557, England (Age 32 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
  Family ID	F38923	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2025

  
  

• Notes

  2 Children Prior to Marriage? Did Edward have another wife prior to Mary Newton? Background info Sheriff for Somerset 17 Nov 1514 and 9 Nov 1529. Knighted at the battle of Flodden Field on 9 Sep 1513. He was a member of the jury that indicted the Duke of Buckingham for treason. Sir Edward GORGES d. 1565 was High Sheri Sir Edward GORGES d. 1565 was High Sheriff of Somerset and was knighted at Flodden Field. At his death in 1565 he was 82 years old. -----Sources----- 1. Genealogical Notes on the Family of GORGES, pages 158 to 169. Pedigree of Raymond GORGES, 1942 - GORGES FAMILY THROUGH ELEVEN CENTURIES. 2. Visitations 3. "National Biography" 4. HOUSE OF COMMONS, 1558-1603, edited by P.W. HASLER, 1981. Flodden Field is just south of the River Tweed, near Coldstream. It was one Scotland's worst defeats in their wars against England (1513). A knight Of Wraxall, & Clevedon, Somerse A knight Of Wraxall, & Clevedon, Somerset, England !Weis. 209-38. !Weis. 209-38. !"Royal and Noble Families of Medieval E !"Royal and Noble Families of Medieval Europe", Gayle Blankenship Pg.L-229 He was grandfather of Ferdinando GORGES, He was grandfather of Ferdinando GORGES, proprietor of the Colony of Maine. Sheriff for Somerset November 17, 1514 a Sheriff for Somerset November 17, 1514 and November 9, 1529. He wasknighted at the battle of Flodden Field on September 9, 1513 (TheScots were defeated, losing some 10,000 men in the battle.) He was amember of the jury that indicted the Duke of Buckingham for treason(The Duke was beheaded, the fifth successive chief of the house ofStafford to meet a violent death).

  
  

• Sources

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