Gilbert Curwen (abt. 1324 - aft. 1402)

Born about 1324 in Workington, Cumberland, England

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Lowther) Curwen — married 1350 in England

Descendants

Died after May 1402 after about age 78 in Workington, Cumberland, England

Biography

Sir Gilbert Curwen (d. after May 1402),^[1] was the son of Gilbert.^[2][3] He served in parliament in the 47th, 48th, and 50 years (about 1374, 1375, 1377) of the reign of Edward III.^[4] Gilbert was born in 1315 and passed away in 1403.^[5]

Gilbert's first wife was Alice alias Anne, who may have been the daughter of Hugh Lowther of Wythop, Cumberland.^[1] They were the parents of Sir William Curwen,^[1] and two (unnamed) children who died of the plague.^[3][2]

He remarried to Isabella Derwintwater, widow of Christopher de Moresby.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Roskell, J.S., Clark, L. & Rawcliffe, C. (1993). "Curwen, Sir William (d.1403), of Workington, Cumb.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421 HOP. Web.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Foster, 1884, p. 132.[1]

   Foster, J. (1884). The royal lineage of our noble and gentle families. London: Hazell, Watson and Viney. Archive.org accessed 20 September 2015.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} O'Hart, J. (1892). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry when Cromwell Came to Ireland, p 667. Dublin: James Duffy & Co. Google Books accessed 18 September 2015.

   CAUTION: -- O'Hart tends to depart from other pedigrees and at times... inserts family members that are unseen elsewhere, such as in the Visitations.

4. ↑ Burke, J. (1833). A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. London: H. Colburn. Google Books. accessed 4 September 2015.

   CAUTION: 1833 ed. unreliable. check later eds. for corrections.

5. ↑ FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:343X-M5Z : accessed 2015-09-05, entry for Gilbert IV /Culwen/.