Born about [location unknown]
Son of Stephen Gai
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Cecily (Berkeley) de Gai
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Aline (Gai) Basset
Died
at about age 57
[location unknown]
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Biography
Birth and parentage
Philip de Gai (or Gay) is the son of Stephen de Gai and probably an unnamed first wife. Stephen is mentioned as his father in an undated charter in which Philip confirms a grant by his father of the chapel of Northbrook and all the tithes to the church of St Mary of Kirklington.[1]
Philip is first mentioned in the chronicle of John of Worcester (formerly known as the work of Florence of Worcester) in 1138 in conjunction with the siege of Bristol castle, by King Stephen. This names Philip as a relation (cognatum) of Robert, Earl of Gloucester, the eldest illegitimate son of Henry I, King of England. See the Latin version[2]; and the English translation[3]
As Robert, Earl of Gloucester, also had a son Philip[4] the two men are often confused and in various Internet genealogies Philip de Gai, is often referred to as Philip FitzRobert de Gai, the son of Robert and his wife Mabel FitzHamon. However as can be seen from the above charter this is not correct.
Children:
- Aline de Gai (married Alan Basset)[5]
Sources
- ↑ Crouch, David. "Robert of Gloucester's Mother and Sexual Politics in Norman Oxfordshire." Historical Research 72, no. 179 (1999): 323-33.
- ↑ Thorpe, Benjamin (ed.). Florentii Wigorniensis Monachi Chronicon ex Chronicis, Vol 2. London: Sumptibus Societatis. 1849. p. 109. Digital images. Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/florentiiwigorn00evergoog : viewed 11 June 2017.
- ↑ Forester, Thomas (trans. and ed.). The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester, with the two continuations. London: Henry G. Bohn. 1854. p. 262. Digital image. Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/chroniclefloren00florgoog : viewed 11 June 2017.
- ↑ Cawley, Charles. "England, Earls created 1067-1122: Chapter 11B. Earls of Gloucester 1122-1225". Version 3.6, updated 19 April 2017. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Foundation of Medieval Genealogy http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/index.htm : viewed 11 June 2017.
- ↑ The Complete Peerage. Vol IX, 1936, pp 76-77.
See Also
- Ancestral Roots F.L. Weis 8th ed. 2004 Line 215-27
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Andrew Lancaster
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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/soc.genealogy.medieval/gai$20gloucester%7Csort:relevance/soc.genealogy.medieval/v8jRIOQdHcs/luIkhcwPqsYJ
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Hmmm. Not sure this is good enough to justify the link we are stating... https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/soc.genealogy.medieval/gai%7Csort:relevance/soc.genealogy.medieval/VKPHzPvUUFw/H_i7rIsohFAJ
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Andrew Lancaster
MEDLANDS and RA do not mention the Gai surname http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#RobertCaenFitzroydied1147B
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