Gilbert Wallis (abt. 1500 - aft. 1563)

Born about 1500 in Akeld, Northumberland, England

Descendants

Died after 1563 after about age 63 in Akeld, Northumberland, England

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Biography

Gilbert Wallis, Bailiff of Akeld in 1530 and in charge of the garrison at Coupland, bought land from Thomas Forster in 1563 and in 1567 James Wallis purchased land in Coupland from Sir John Forster of Bamburgh, the lord warden of the middle marches, which Forster had obtained in the previous year from the Herons of Eshott.^[1][2][3] His daughter "apparently became the first wife of Cuthbert Mitford of Mitford."^[4]

The name of Gilbert Wallis's wife is not known, but she was probably the "M.W." to the right of "G.W." (for Gilbert Wallis) on the chimney piece of the "great chamber" or "haunted room" of Coupland Castle (so her name could be Mary or Margaret, popular names for females at the time).^[5]

One Gilbert Wallis was bailiff of Akeld in 1551, and was still living at Akeld in 1563.^[6]

In a report, dated 12 September 1553, "Gilbert Wallis, Bailiff of Akeld" was a Commissioner for the enclosure of the East marches, one of the men responsible for "from Tweed to the Glen," between Tyell and Cheviot, at the marches divide."^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Rev. Matthew Culley Jr., "Notes on Akeld and Coupland," History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club vol. 11 (Alnwick: Henry Hunter Blair, 1887), p. 406, found at Google Books.
2. ↑ Northumberland County History Committee, A History of Northumberland, vol. ix (Newcastle: Andrew Reid & Sons, 1893), p. 222, found at Archive.org.
3. ↑ Catherine Laura Kent, "Beyond the defensible threshold: the house-building culture of Berwick-upon-Tweed and the East March, 1550-1603" (2016), p. 266, found at Durham E-Theses.
4. ↑ The Very Rev. Matthew Culley, "Coupland Castle," Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, Publications of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, vol. xxv (Newcastle: Andrew Reid & Co., 1904), p. 175, found at Archive.org.
5. ↑ The Very Rev. Matthew Culley, "Coupland Castle," Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, Publications of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, vol. xxv (Newcastle: Andrew Reid & Co., 1904), p. 176, found at Archive.org.
6. ↑ Northumberland County History Committee, A History of Northumberland, vol. ix (Newcastle: Andrew Reid & Sons, 1893), p. 234, found at Archive.org.
7. ↑ Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, A History of Northumberland in Three Parts Containing the general history of the county; state of the district under the Romans, the Saxon and Danish kings of Northumberland, the Official Earldom. With a narrative of events connected with the county from the Norman Conquest to the accession of the House of Hanover, part I (Newcastle: Thomas & James Pigg, 1858), p. 361, found at Google Books.