John Gyse (1540 - 1588)

Born 1540 in Gloucestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Paunceforte) Gyse — married 27 Jun 1564 in Elmore, Gloucestershire, England

Descendants

Died 24 Jan 1588 at about age 48 in Elmore, Gloucestershire, England

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Biography

John Gyse was the son of William Gyse/Guise^[1] and Mary Rotes.^[2] He was said to be 34 at his father's death in 1574, pointing to a birth date of about 1540. He was probably born in Gloucestershire, where his father had property.^[3][4]

On 27 June 1564 John married Jane Pauncefoot, daughter of Richard Pauncefoot^[2] and Dorothy Ashfield. They probably married in Gloucestershire, where both sets of parents had their lands.^[3][4] They had nine children, all named in their father's will:^[1]

• William^[2][3][4]
• John,^[3][4] who died without issue^[2]
• another William^[2][3][4]
• Charles^[2][3][4]
• Thomas^[2][3][4]
• Anselm,^[3][4] named as Auncell in the Harleian Society edition of Gloucestershire Visitations^[2] and in his fathers will^[1]
• Elizabeth, who married Robert Haviland^[3][4]
• Elinor/Eleanor,^[1] who will be one of the two daughters referred to but not named by Douglas Richardson^[3][4]
• Anne,^[1] who will be the second of the two daughters referred to but not named by Douglas Richardson^[3][4]

John died on 24 January 1587/8 and was buried at Elmore, Gloucestershire. His Inquisition Post Mortem found him to have held at his death the manors of Elmore and Brockworth, Gloucestershire, and named his oldest son William as his main heir.^[1]

His will, dated 1 December 1577, was proved on 12 November 1588.^[3][4] In it, among other provisions, he:^[1]

• requested burial next to his wife at Elmore, Gloucestershire
• appointed his oldest son William as sole executor
• left the lease of a farm in the Forest of Dean to his second son John
• left annuities of £10 to his sons William the younger, Auncell, Charles and Thomas: William, Auncell and Charles were bequeathed the reversion of some properties, and their annuities were to cease when they came into possession of these
• named his three daughters, Elinor, Anne and Elizabeth
• mentioned his sisters Elizabeth and Cecilia
• made small bequests to the children of his uncle John Guise

Research Notes

Familysearch's "England Marriages 1538-1973" gives a marriage date 22 January 1564 for the marriage at Elmore, Gloucestershire of John Gwyes and Jane Pauncefoote^[5] and the same marriage date for the marriage of John Gyles, spouse unknown, as Hafield, Gloucestershire.^[6] This is not a very reliable source.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} John Maclean. Elmore and the Family of Guise, in 'Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society', Vol. 3, 1879, pp. 62-63, PDF, accessed 26 April 2022
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} John Maclean and W C Heane (eds.). The visitation of the county of Gloucester, taken in the year 1623, by Henry Chitty and John Phillipot as deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux king of arms with pedigrees from the Heralds' Visitations of 1569 and 1582-3, and sundry miscellaneous pedigrees, Harleian Society, 1885, pp. 72-73, Internet Archive
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. II, p. 379, HAVILAND 15, Google Books
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. III, pp. 268-269, HAVILAND 21
5. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVPB-QZ7 : 13 March 2020), Jane Pauncefoote in entry for John Gwyes, 1564
6. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLCL-7QN : 12 March 2020), John Gyes, 1564

See also:

• Weis, Frederick Lewis. The Magna Carta Sureties, 1215, 5th edition, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1999, p. 65, line 45/14

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna carta project by Michael Cayley on 26 April 2022 and was reviewed the same day by Thiessen-117.

John Gyse/Guise is named in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestors, brothers William Torrey and Samuel Torrey, to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. II, pages 376-380 HAVILAND) that was badged by the Magna Carta Project in May 2022. He also appears in another trail, identified by the Project in 2015, from the Torreys to surety baron John FitzRobert. That trail needs further development against the Project's checklist. See these trails in the Magna Carta Trails section of William Torrey's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".