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Canon Richard GILBERT
Est 1484 - 1524 (~ 40 years)
Has 65 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Richard GILBERT Prefix Canon Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Est 1484 - * I am dubious about Richard being a son of Otes *
Based on estimate for his brother John, and being shown as 7th son in Vivian (p.405)
Not mentioned in the will of his supposed father, written in 1593, which makes me wonder if Richard was really a son of his. Otherwise, might he not have been born by the time his father Otes wrote his will?
If so, then perhaps his mother died in childbirth, because Otes also does not mention his wife. If Richard was born before Otes died then perhaps ill health meant he failed to alter his will to make provision for Richard.
Gender Male Buried 11 Apr 1524 Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England 
- Vivian notes there is an M.I.
Siblings5 brothers and 1 sister Half-siblings1 half brother (family of Otes GILBERT and Alice MULES) Patriarch & Matriarch 
Thomas GILBERT, d. Yes, date unknown (3 x Great Grandfather)
Joane VALLETORT, d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandmother)Person ID I21433 All Last Modified 26 Oct 2020
Father Otes GILBERT, b. Abt 1417, d. Between 1 Dec 1493 and 9 Jun 1494 (Age ~ 76 years)
Other Partners: Alice MULESMother Elizabeth HILL, b. Abt 1426, d. Yes, date unknown Married - * There is something wrong here *
Shown in Vivian (p.405) but I am a bit dubious about whether this Otes and Elizabeth were the parents of the family shown here (other than Isabell). I suspect a generation may have been missed, or another wife of Otes.
With Elizabeth generally a common name, and Otes much used in the Gilbert family there could easily have been two generations running of Otes and Elizabeth.
On the other hand, Otes could have been an older father, and had another, younger wife. The Hill pedigree (Vivian, added by him - not in the 1620 visitation) suggests that Elizabeth was unlikely to have been young enough to be the mother of the sons shown here - she would have had to have been significantly younger than her brothers. It is possible, though, perhaps there were other children who died young and are not shown in the Hill pedigree, or Robert Hill was widowed and remarried to a younger wife, who was the mother of Elizabeth.
Possibly most likely is that Otes Gilbert married another wife after the death of Elizabeth.
My theory of a missing generation may have extra weight from the existence of an Otho Gilbert of Compton dated 1439 (according to the Devon Will Project) - this Otes/Otho is missing from Vivian. Seeing this is a priority.
Family ID F7913 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- * I am dubious about Richard being a son of Otes *