Edward Gage Bt (abt. 1626 - abt. 1707)

Born about 1626 in Firle House, Firle, Sussex, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hervey) Gage — married 1648 in Hengrave Hall, Suffolk, England

Husband of Frances (Aston) Gage — married about 1655 in England

Descendants

Died about 31 Dec 1707 at about age 81 in St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Edward was the third son of Sir John Gage and Lady Penelope D'Arcy Gage. He was most likely born at Firle House in Sussex, the Gage family home, in 1625 or 1626 (he gave his age as 22 years when he was issued a marriage licence in 1648).^[1] He moved with his mother Penelope to Hengrave Hall after the death of his father in 1633. His mother married Sir William Hervey in about 1643 and he married Maria, the daughter of Sir William in 1648.^[1]

Penelope, daughter of Thomas Darcy, Earl Rivers, settled Hengrave on her third son, Edward Gage (1626-1706), who inherited it on her death in 1661.

Edward, who also served as sheriff of Sussex, was created a baronet in 1662. The Hengrave estate passed first to his son Sir William Gage (c. 1651-1727) after whom the greengage plum was named. Origin of greengage:- {green + gage, after Sir William Gage (1651-1727), Englishman who imported the trees from France (c. 1725)}

Read more at http://www.yourdictionary.com/greengage#J71f64q3JvIUqfS1.99

Edward died at his London house in Bloomsbury, perhaps on 31 December 1707 (see Research Notes), and a funeral was held at the parish church of St Giles in the Fields on 5 January 1707/8.^[2] He was buried at Hengrave on 8 January 1707/8.^[3]

He had made his will on 28 June 1706, which was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 23 January 1707/8.^[4]

Research Notes

The earliest published source for Edward's death is Abel Boyer's History of the Reign of Queen Anne which were published in annual volumes. The sixth volume, published in 1708, states the following:^[5]

"In this Month [December 1707] died also ... and Sir Edward Gage, Baronet, of Hengrave, in Suffolk."

The seventh volume, published a year later in 1709, provides additional and different information:^[6]

"On the last Day of January [1707/8] Sir Edward Gage, of Hengrave in the County of Suffolk, Baronet, died at his House in Bloomsbury, London in the 90th Year of his Age."

A death date of 31 January 1707/8 conflicts with the funeral, burial and probate events, all of which occurred before this date. The age conflicts with the marriage licence and would make him older than his eldest brother Thomas Gage, Bt, whose age is well-attested. One possibility is that he in fact died on 31 December 1707, and the month was recorded incorrectly in the later publication.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Joseph Foster, editor, London Marriage Licences, 1521-1869, (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1887) col. 521; images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 27 April 2023) Image.
2. ↑ Funeral: "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
   London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P82/Gis/A/04
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 1624 #14353686 (accessed 21 May 2023)
   Sir Edward Gage funeral on 5 Jan 1707 in Saint Giles in the Fields, Holborn, England.
3. ↑ Burial: Charles Partridge, transcriber, "A transcript of the parish registers of Flempton cum Hengrave," (Ipswich: 1939) p. 107, Hon. Sir Edward Gage buried 8 January 1707; "Parish register transcripts, 1561-1812," images, FamilySearch (www. familysearch.org : accessed 8 May 2023), Image 226 of 611, DGS7907920, available at FamilySearch Centers and Affiliate Libraries.
4. ↑ 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: 499
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 5111 #863750 (accessed 21 May 2023)
   Will of Evardi Gage, granted probate on 23 Jan 1707. Died about 1707 in St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, England.
5. ↑ Abel Boyer, The History of the Reign of Queen Anne, Digested into Annals, Year the Sixth, (London: Margaret Coggan, 1708), p. 381.
6. ↑ Abel Boyer, The History of the Reign of Queen Anne, Digested into Annals, Year the Seventh, (London: M. Coggan, 1709), p. 339.

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p24535.htm#i245347
• Cokayne, George. Complete Baronetage, 1611-1880 (W. Pollard, Exeter, England, 1900-1906) Page 251.