John Gage Esq (abt. 1622 - bef. 1688)

Born about 1622 in West Firle, Sussex, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Barker) Gage — married 9 May 1655 in St Dunstan in the West, London, England

Died before 26 Apr 1688 before about age 66 in St Andrews Holborn, London, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth and Early Years

John Gage was probably born about 1622; most likely either at the family seat at West Firle in Sussex or the family's London residence in Clerkenwell. His parents were John Gage and Penelope Darcy.

The estimated birth year for John relies heavily on the date of birth for elder brother Thomas. In his father's inquisition post mortem (Chancery copy), dated 16 January 1633/34, Thomas Gage, eldest son and heir, was stated to be aged 14 years 6 weeks when his father died on 4 October 1633.^[1] Thus Thomas was born in August 1619 (between 19 August 1619 and 27 August 1619). The inquisition post mortem kept at the Court of Wards also states that Thomas was aged 14.^[2]

Further confirmation of this birth date is provided by the fact that Thomas was baptised at St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex (where the Gages had a house)^[3] on 28 August 1619:^[4][5]

"[August 1619] Thomas Sonne to John Gage of Farl: Esqz. was [christ]ned the same daye [the 28th]"

That Thomas was the eldest son and underage in 1633 is confirmed in a codicil to the will of his father, John:^[3]

"...should have the wardshipp of my sonne and heire Thomas Gage if I should dye before hee come vnto the age of One and twentie yeares"

As John Gage is the second son,^[3] he cannot have been born prior to late 1620.

An upper bound on John's year of birth is provided by a draft re-settlement dated 9 February 1624/5. In this document, his father lists sons Thomas and John (but not Edward), before going on to list more distant male heirs, right back to descendants of his great-grandfather Sir John Gage.^[6]

This John Gage was born sometime between late 1620 and very early 1625; averaging suggests a birth year of about 1622.

In 1633, John's father died. He was named as second son in his father's will and left a sum of 1250 pounds:^[3]

"...my second sonne John Gage shall have the some of twelve hundred and fiftie pounds paid vnto him"

On 4 December 1640, John was indicted with his mother and sister, Anne, for recusancy at the Middlesex Sessions, having not attended church for at least a month.^[7] To be charged, he must have been at least 16 years of age. Given that his mother had been indicted (without John) earlier that same year,^[7] it could be that he had only just turned 16, which would suggest he was born in about 1624. All three were described as being of St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex.^[7]

His elder brother, Thomas Gage, died in 1654, leaving John a legacy of 20 pounds:^[8]

I doe likewise give & bequeath to my three brothers John Edward and Henry Gage and to my foure sisters the Lady Frances Tresham the Lady Elizabeth Peter Mrs Penelope Merrey & Mrs Anne Peter widd twenty pounds a peece

Marriage

John married Mary Barker, daughter of John Barker, of the parish of St Dunstans in the West in the City of London.^[9] Her father was a member of the Chapman alias Barker family of Sibton, Suffolk.^[9]

Their marriage took place during the Commonwealth period of government. In 1653, legislation was enacted which removed the right to perform marriages from ministers of the Church of England, placing this responsibility in the hands of Justices of the Peace. Notice of intention to marry had to be published three times over several weeks in either a church/chapel or local marketplace. This enabled any objections to be raised, prior to the marriage taking place.^[10]

John and Mary chose to give notice of their intention to marry in the nearby Newgate Marketplace, rather than the church of St Dunstans in the West (Mary's home parish). This is consistent with John Gage being Catholic and therefore lacking a strong connection with the established church. The intention to marry was published on 21 & 26 February and 7 March 1654/5:^[11]

According to a late Act of Parlent touching marriages &c publicacion of an intencion of marriage between John Gage Esq sonne of S^r John Gage of Firll in ye County of Susex Barronett, and M^ris Mary Barker daughter of John Barker gent deceased ^late of the parish of Dunstans in the West London aged 23 yeares or there aboutes hathben made in the markett place commonly called newgate markett upon three markett dayes in three severall weeks vizt upon the 21^th & 26^th of February 1654 and the 7^th of March 1654 in which tyme there was no excepcion made against the said intended marriage. Jo: Benson Register.

There being no impediments, their marriage was solemnised two months later, on 9 May 1655:^[12]

Be it remembred that according to a late Act of Parliament touching Marriages &c the aforenamed John Gage Esq and Mary Barker were uppon the ninth day of May one thousand six hundred Fyftie & five marryed before the Right Hon^ble Christopher Pack Ye Maior of the City of London before divers credible wittnesses.

Officiating at their marriage was Christopher Packe, Lord Mayor of London, an apparent reflection of the couple's high social status. Most other marriages in the register were officiated by a Justice of the Peace.

About a month later, on 12 and 13 June 1655, their marriage settlement was signed.^[13]

Death of Mother

He was named in his mother's will, dated 30 August 1656, in which she confirmed existing settlements raising her third son up by settling Hengrave on Edward over her second son John (and youngest son Henry). Penelope justifies this, stating that she has made sufficient provisions for her other sons:^[14]

And haveinge made convenient provisions for maintenance to my two other sonnes John and Henry

In a codicil to her will, dated 19 May 1660, Penelope provides further details of these "convenient provisions", confirming her previous settlement of property on John. Namely, the Manors of Stonham in Suffolk and Boters/Butters in Norfolk, as well as land in Coddenham and adjacent towns in Suffolk:^[14]

Inprimis. The Mannor of Stonham in the County of Suffolke which I purchased of Mr Gooden in S[i]r William Herveys name, the Mannor of Boters which I purchased of Mr Page, Mr Wallpoole and others in Mr Le Hunts name, certaine Lands lying in Codnam and other adjacent Townes in the County of Suffolke which I purchased of Mr Meadows formerly conveyed to Sir Herbottle Grinston, all these aforesaid Lands I confirme vnto my son John Gage as they be allready settled on him, as by the deeds and writtings concerning the same doe and may more att large appeare.

She further states that these lands had been purchased (at least in part) using legacies from John's father and grandmother, as well as from his wife's marriage portion:^[14]

Item I further declare that my sons porc[i]ons which there Father and Grandmother leff them and theere wives porc[i]ons whent towards the purchasing of these Lands

Penelope also granted 50 pounds to each of her surviving children (except heir Edward) to buy something to remember her by:^[14]

Item I give to my daughter Tresham my daughter Merry and my daughter Anne Peter my son John Gage and my son Henry Gage Fifty pounds a peece to buy them somthing to keepe as a memory of me these moneyes to be payd within a yeere after my decease.

Finally, she disposed of her house in Bury to John and four of his siblings as follows:^[14]

Item my house at Bury with the furniture in itt I give to my five Children that is to say Francis Tresham, Anne Peter John Gage, Edward Gage and Henry Gage to be divided as a writting vnder my hand shall give direc[i]on: I am sorry itt is noe better but I leave itt them that they may not want a present habitac[i]on, and I doe desire all persons whose names are vsed in any assurance concerning the said house to stand sealed to the vse of my five Children.

His mother, Penelope Hervey, died sometime between 19 May 1660 (when she made her codicil)^[14] and 25 April 1661 (when an inventory of her goods was taken).^[15]

Turk's Head Case

John's wife, Mary, and her sisters were proprietors of a property called the Turk's Head in Fleet Street in the parish of St Dunstan in the West, which had previously been owned by their maternal grandfather, Thomas Albery.^[16]

On 8 August 1666, the Turk's Head was leased to William Lee, a stationer, for 26 and a quarter years. Lee was to pay 40 pounds per annum for this lease.^[17]

Just a month later, the Great Fire of London destroyed much of the city, including the Turk's Head. William Lee, wanting to rebuild, petitioned the Court of Judicature Appointed to Determine Differences between Landlords and Tenants as to Rebuilding after the Great Fire, commonly known as the "Fire Court" to get the Barker sisters, their husbands and heirs to contribute to the rebuild.^[17]

John Gage was one of the defendants when the case was heard on 30 June 1668, before the Lord Chief Justice and two other judges:^[17]

William Lee, stationer v. William Harpham, gent., and Barbara his wife, Elizabeth Barker, Frances Barker, John Gage, gent., and Mary his wife, and William Turnor, gent., an infant.

Lord of Butters Hall Manor

The manor of Butters Hall in Thompson, Norfolk, was settled on John by his mother Penelope, which settlement was confirmed in her will.^[14] Ownership was in the name of William Le Hunt, Esq,^[14] which was likely a mechanism to prevent the manor or its profits being seised for Penelope's (or John's) recusancy. Le Hunt continued to act as Lord of the Manor on John's behalf after Penelope's death,^[18] perhaps until as late as 1672 when John Gage first held court as lord (translated from Latin):^[19]

The first general Court Baron of John Gage, esquire, with the attornment of the tenants, held there the twenty-second day of July in the twenty-fourth year of the reign of the lord Charles the Second, by the grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, king, defender of the faith etc. in the year of Our Lord 1672, by John Borret, gentleman, steward there

All of John's Suffolk properties were within five miles of each other, whereas Butters Hall in Thompson was 30 miles distant. Perhaps a desire to consolidate his country property in one location led John to sell his more distant manor. Whatever the reason, in 1673, he transferred the manor of Butters Hall to Thomas Grundy:^[20]

Appointment by John Gage, esq., of Camberwell (Surrey) of John Gawdy gent., Edward Gleast, gent., and John and Richard Barker to deliver seisin to Thomas Grundy, gent., of the manor of Butters otherwise Boters in Thompson, Merton, Stow Bedon, Caston, Tottington and Breckles

Possible Stay at Hengrave

In a postscript to an undated letter, likely written in the 1670s, John's brother Sir Edward Gage asks Thomas Halsall to:^[21]

"remember me to my Bro[ther] & will Gage, I beleeve my daughters & mr Sulyard will be gone from Hengrave before you receave this & so I say nothing to them."

Francis Young suggests that the brother staying at Hengrave to whom Edward sends his regards is "probably John Gage of Stonham",^[21] although it could also be younger brother Henry Gage of Harleston.

Will of Brother Henry

John's youngest brother Henry wrote his will on 18 January 1683/4, in which he stated:^[22]

I give and bequeath vnto my Loveing Brother John Gage the summe of one hundred pounds for his owne proper vse Item I give to my brother John Gage the summe of Two hundred pounds more together with my Silver Watch to bee disposed of by him in such manner as I have given him particular direc[i]on

Patron of the Rector of Stonham Parva

John retained his links with Stonham Parva (Little Stonham) in Suffolk until his death. He was recorded as the patron of Charles Woodell, when he was instituted as Rector of Stonham Parva on 19 December 1687.^[23]

Death and Legacy

He wrote his will on 17 July 1682. He left his estate to his brother Henry and then to his nephew John, son of Henry. This included property in the parishes of Coddenham, Needham, Barking and Darmsden in Suffolk. His executor was Edward Gleast. The will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 27 April 1688.^[24]

John, the nephew, died in 1723 without surviving issue and left his estate in Coddenham, known as Pipps and inherited from his uncle John, to his cousin Sir William Gage, Bt.^[25]

John Gage died sometime between 19 December 1687^[23] and 27 April 1688.^[24] His funeral achievement bore the arms of Gage, impaling per chevron Argent and Gules, a crescent counter-charged^[13] (ie impaling the arms of his wife's family, Chapman alias Barker).^[26]

Religion

The Gage family were staunch Catholics. Writing in 2015, historian Francis Young describes them thus:^[27]

"Between 1662, when Sir Edward Gage received his baronetcy from Charles II, and 1872 when the ninth and last baronet died without an heir, the Gage family were the socially and financially pre-eminent Catholics in the county of Suffolk."

The threat of being charged with recusancy (failure to attend Church of England services) or other religious offences was a constant concern for Catholics and other non-conformists in Stuart England. Conviction could lead to significant fines and forfeiture of property.

John's name appears in a list of "Popish Recusants in Suffolk", which was compiled sometime between 1665 and 1685^[28] (Francis Young suggests 1681).^[29] He is described as being a gentleman, of Stonham. Brothers Edward and Henry are in the same list.^[28]

In the Sessions of Newgate Gaol Delivery at the Old Bailey, starting 17 October 1681, John Gage Esq. was indicted for recusancy, along with 12 others:^[30]

...Henry Nevill Esq. late of the parish of St Andrew Holborn in the ward of Farringdon Without, London ... [five more names] ... John Gage Esq. late of the parish and ward aforesaid ... [six more names]

After failing to appear at the next Sessions beginning 7 December 1681, John Gage and his co-accused were found to be in default and convicted. This failure to appear was usual for those accused of recusancy and indicates that those charged accepted the facts of the indictment against them.^[31]

Research Notes

• NOTE: John Gage, son of Penelope Darcy and Sir John Gage of Firle, did not immigrate to Massachusetts. To see the profile of the John Gage who married Amee French, see John Gage-159.

• Dr. Francis Young, British researcher and author, has studied and written extensively about the Gage Family. He recently published a full volume on the Gage family. See his webblog here: https://francisyoung.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/publication-of-the-gages-of-hengrave-and-suffolk-catholicism-1640-1767/

• He is probably the John Gage, gentleman, of St Martin's in the Fields, who was charged alongside Sir Edward Gage with not attending church, on 23 December 1680.^[32]

Origin of Conflation with John Gage of New England

The John Gage of this profile is frequently identified as being the same person as John Gage (c1605-1673), immigrant to New England. This conflation first appears in pedigrees published in the United States around 1880.

The information that John Gage, immigrant, was the same as John Gage, second son of John Gage, Baronet, was provided by genealogist Horatio Gates Somerby (1805-1872).

In History of Dover, New Hampshire, Vol. 1., published in 1923, some details of the English ancestry of the Gage family are published from "Memoranda No. 231". This memorandum starts:^[33]

"Joseph Gage was son of Moses Gage who lived at Dover Neck, and was brother of CAPT. JOHN GAGE , and to Jonathan, of the Dover Hotel. Of his ancestry we give the following account, which we insert in the language of John Paul Robinson, Esq. He says:

The family of Gage derives its descent from De Guaga, who accompanied William, the Conqueror, into England..."

After narrating some more early details of the family, Robinson continues:^[33]

"This John Gage married Penelope , daughter and co-heir of Thomas Darcey, Earl Rivers. She was the widow of Sir George Trenchard, by whom she had four sons and five daughters. He died Oct. 3, 1633. His estate descended to his eldest son, Sir Thomas Gage. His second son, JOHN GAGE, of Stoneham, County Essex, came to America with John WINTHROP, JR., in 1633, and they, with ten others, were the first settlers of Ipswich. In June, 1658, his wife, Ann, died at Ipswich. He married (2) a Keyes. He removed to Rowley as early as 1664. He had by his first wife: Benjamin, Samuel, Daniel, Jonathan and Thomas.

Mr. Robinson received the above account from Mr. Somerby, who obtained it from Lord Gage, in England."

John Paul Robinson, Esq. (1800-1864), was a lawyer from Dover, New Hampshire. So Somerby's research must have been conducted between about 1840, when he moved to England, and 1864, when Robinson died.

It has been found that Somerby fabricated some of his genealogical research, thus his claim that his information was provided by Lord Gage cannot be taken at face value. Despite there being numerous published pedigrees of the Gage family prior to 1840, none of these even hint that John Gage, second son of John Gage, Baronet, immigrated to New England.

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2. ↑ H.W. Forsyth Howard (ed.), "Inquisitiones Post Mortem", The Genealogist, volume 20 page 66; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 15 May 2023).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Will Register: Russell, quire 86 folio 219 recto, will of Sir John Gage, Baronet, proved 5 October 1633; "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 August 2020), Image 440 of 947 (subscription); citing class PROB 11, piece 164; The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ Baptism: "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
   London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P76/JS1/004
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5. ↑ Baptism: "FreeReg UK Parish Register database"
   Middlesex; Clerkenwell; St James; Other Transcript; File line number: 1031
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   Thomas Gage baptism on 28 Aug 1619, son of John Gage, in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England.
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9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Henry St George and Richard St George, The Visitation of London Anno Domini 1633, 1634, and 1635, vol. 1, The Publications of the Harleian Society, Visitation Series, vol. 15, edited by Joseph Jackson Howard and Joseph Lemuel Chester (London: The Society, 1880), p. 151, Chapman.
10. ↑ "August 1653: An Act touching Marriages and the Registring thereof; and also touching Births and Burials," in Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660, ed. C H Firth and R S Rait (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1911), 715-718. British History Online, accessed August 22, 2020, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/acts-ordinances-interregnum/pp715-718.
11. ↑ England – St Dunstan in the West Parish (City of London, England), Parish Register 1632-1670, folio 121 verso, marriage intention for John Gage Esq. (son of Sir John Gage of Firle, Bt) and Mary Barker (aged about 23, daughter of John Barker, gent. (deceased) of St Dunstans in the West) published at Newgate Market 21 & 26 February and 7 March 1654/5; "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 August 2020), Image 118 of 249 (subscription); ref: P69/DUN2/A/004/MS010345, London Metropolitan Archives.
12. ↑ England – St Dunstan in the West Parish (City of London, England), Parish Register 1632-1670, folio 123 recto, John Gage Esq. married Mary Barker 9 May 1655; "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 August 2020), Image 119 of 249 (subscription); ref: P69/DUN2/A/004/MS010345, London Metropolitan Archives.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} John Gage, The History and Antiquities of Suffolk. Thingoe Hundred (London: Samuel Bentley, 1838) p. 205 Gage of Hengrave; images, Google Books (https://books.google.com : accessed 22 April 2023) Image.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7} Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Will Register: May, quire 120 folio 126 recto, will of Lady Penelope Harvey, proved 2 July 1661; "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 August 2020), Image 136 of 428 (subscription); citing class PROB 11, piece 305; The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
15. ↑ Francis Young, The Gages of Hengrave and Suffolk Catholicism, 1640-1767, M. J. Broadley, editor, Catholic Record Society Publications Monograph Series, vol. 8 (Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2015), 33 and 186-188; citing Inventory of Hengrave Hall, Hengrave MS 86, Cambridge University Library; images, Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0902832298 : accessed 7 May 2023), "Look inside" preview (for details of inventory in pp186-188).
16. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
    The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 147
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    Will of Thoma Albery, granted probate on 5 Dec 1625. Died about 1625 in Okingham, Berkshire, England.
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1 17.2} Philip Jones, editor, The Fire Court: Calendar to the Judgments and Decrees of the Court of Judicature Appointed to Determine Differences Between Landlords and Tenants as to Rebuilding After the Great Fire vol. 2 (William Clewes & Sons, 1970) p. 225; images, Google Books (https://books.google.com : accessed 22 April 2023) Image.
18. ↑ Butters Hall Manor Court, Manorial Court Rolls 1660 to 1667, unnumbered page 6; Manorial court rolls, 1660-1868, images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 9 May 2023), Img 1385 of 1999, DGS4389285; Norfolk Records Office.
19. ↑ Butters Hall Manor Court, "Butters Hall in Thompston 1672 to 1739 Liber (Cal)," p. 1; Manorial court rolls, 1660-1868, images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 9 May 2023), Img 1403 of 1999, DGS4389285; Norfolk Records Office.
20. ↑ Norfolk Record Office online catalogue - NROCAT (http://nrocat.norfolk.gov.uk/DServe/DServe.exe : accessed 23 August 2020), ref: NAS 1/1/25/Thompson/8
21. ↑ ^{21.0 21.1} Francis Young, The Gages of Hengrave and Suffolk Catholicism, 1640-1767, M. J. Broadley, editor, Catholic Record Society Publications Monograph Series, vol. 8 (Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2015), 172; citing Letter from Sir Edward Gage to Thomas Halsall, undated (1670s), Hengrave MS 88/2/178, Cambridge University Library; images, Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0902832298 : accessed 7 May 2023), "Look inside" preview.
22. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
    The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 375
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23. ↑ ^{23.0 23.1} List of the Rectors of Stonham Parva alias Jernegan, p. 302; Charles Partridge, Little Stonham parish register transcripts, 1542-1812, images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 8 May 2023), Image 527 of 846, DGS7907615 (available at FamilySearch Centers and Affiliate Libraries).
24. ↑ ^{24.0 24.1} Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Will Register: Exton, quire 47 folio 19 verso, will of John Gage, proved 27 April 1688; "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 August 2020), Image 23 of 347 (subscription); citing class PROB 11, piece 391; The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
25. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
    The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 590
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    Will of John Gage, granted probate on 28 Mar 1723. Died about 1723 in Harleston, Suffolk, England.
26. ↑ Joseph Jackson Howard, editor, Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, Second Series, vol. 4 (London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1892) p. 232.
27. ↑ Francis Young, The Gages of Hengrave and Suffolk Catholicism, 1640-1767, M. J. Broadley, editor, Catholic Record Society Publications Monograph Series, vol. 8 (Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2015), vii, Preface; images, Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0902832298 : accessed 7 May 2023), "Look inside" preview.
28. ↑ ^{28.0 28.1} White, C.H. Evelyn (ed.), The East Anglian. New Series. Vol. 1 (Ipswich: Pawset and Hayes, 1885-6) p. 345; Google Books (https://www.google.com : accessed 23 August 2020).
29. ↑ Francis Young, "The Tasburghs of Flixton and Catholicism in North-east Suffolk, 1642-1767," Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History, vol. 42 part 4 (2012), p. 461; pdf images, Suffolk Archaeology & History (https://suffolkinstitute.pdfsrv.co.uk : accessed 15 May 2023).
30. ↑ Catholic Record Society, Publications of the Catholic Record Society. Vol. 34: London Sessions Records 1605-1685 (London: Catholic Record Society, 1934), xlii-xlv, Indictments for recusancy; images, The Catholic Record Society (https://issuu.com/tcrs : accessed 22 August 2020).
31. ↑ Catholic Record Society, Publications of the Catholic Record Society. Vol. 34: London Sessions Records 1605-1685 (London: Catholic Record Society, 1934), 345-346, Indictment of Henry Nevill and twelve other persons for recusancy, 17 October 1681; images, The Catholic Record Society (https://issuu.com/tcrs : accessed 22 August 2020).
32. ↑ "Middlesex Sessions Rolls: 1680," in Middlesex County Records: Volume 4, 1667-88, ed. John Cordy Jeaffreson (London: Middlesex County Record Society, 1892), 142-149. British History Online, accessed May 24, 2023, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/middx-county-records/vol4/pp142-149.
33. ↑ ^{33.0 33.1} Scales, John (editor), History of Dover, New Hampshire, Vol. 1. (Tercentenary Ed.) Containing Historical Genealogical and Industrial Data of Its Early Settlers, Their Struggles and Triumphs, (Printed by authority of the City Councils, 1923), pp. 396-397, The Gage Family (Memoranda No. 231); Google Books (https://books.google.com : accessed 23 August 2020), snippet view.

See also:

• Jeanie Roberts, "John Gage of Ipswich b. 1606 Boxted, Suffolk and Penelope D'Arcy-Not his mother," website, The Family Connection (http://www.jeaniesgenealogy.com/2012/01/john-gage-of-ipswich-and-penelope-darcy.html : accessed 15 May 2023).