George Gardiner (1510 - 1548)

Born 1510 in Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, England

Descendants

Died 1548 at about age 38 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England

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Biography

This profile is part of the Gardner Name Study.

George or Cuthbert Gardiner, father of George Gardiner, Dean of Norwhich.

College registry entries for his sons George, DD. & German, record his given name as either George and/or Cuthbert.^[1][2]

Children

• George Gardiner, DD, Dean of Norwich.^[1]
• German Gardiner (b. c. 1540, age 21 in 1561 - d. c. 1638).^[2]

Notes

Disputed Origins...

Skepticism about George's ancestry has resulted from repeated internet reports claiming his father was Bishop Stephen Gardiner (1483-1555) of Bury St. Edmunds --a very conservative, celibate Catholic priest who therefore clearly had no offspring. There was another Stephen Gardiner (Steven Gardiner, actually) --of Lancashire, not of Bury-- who may have been George's true father.

Confusion arises from the once accepted belief that Bishop Stephen was the son of London skinner William Gardiner and Ellen or Helen Tudor, due to contemporary evidence that William and Helen were the parents of a prominent clergyman (now indicated --most clearly-- to be Thomas Gardiner of Tynemouth). It is now proved, from Bishop Stephen's own will, that his father was cloth merchant John Gardiner of Bury, possibly a brother of William Gardiner, hence the confusion between them, leaving the remaining Stephen (Steven Gardiner of Lancashire) as possibly another son of William Gardiner and Helen Tudor, inasmuch as the same coat of arms held by Thomas Gardiner, Prior of Tynemouth, Northumberland, was also held by George Gardiner's son, Rev George Gardiner.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} George GARDINER, Approx. lifespan: 1534–1589; Matric. pens. from Christ's College 1552 :10MT
   s. of George GARDINER (Cuthbert)
   b. at Berwick-on-Tweed, [Northumberland]
   B.A. 1554/5 M.A. from Queens' College 1558 B.D. 1565 D.D. 1569 Fellow of Queens' College 1557-61 Ord. priest (London) 1557/8:03 Chancellor of diocese of Norwich, [Norfolk], 1558-79 Preb. of Norwich, [Norfolk], 1565 ; Archdeacon 1573 ; Dean 1573 R. of West Stow, Suffolk , 1566-72 R. of St Martin, Outwich, London , 1572-74 R. of St Michael, Bassishaw, [London], 1572 Chaplain to the Queen 1573 V. of Swaffham, Norfolk , 1575 R. of Badingham, Suffolk , 1575-76 R. of Heylesdon, Norfolk , 1579 R. of Blofield, [Norfolk], 1580 R. of Ashill, [Norfolk], 1583 R. of Forncet, [Norfolk], 1584 Admon. (Norwich Cons. C. [Norfolk], ) 1589
   Buried in Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, [Norfolk],
   brother of German GARDINER (1561)

   Cooper II. 55; D.N.B. venn.lib.cam.ac.uk

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} German GARDINER Approx. lifespan: 1540–1638; Adm. (age 21) at Gonville & Caius College 1561:11:14
   s. of Cuthbert GARDINER gent.
   Of Berwick-on-Tweed, [Northumberland], School Durham, [Co. Durham], R. of Thorpe, Norfolk , 1569-86 R. of Kirby Kane [Kirby Cane] [Norfolk], 1570-71 R. of St Simon and St Jude, Norwich, [Norfolk], 1579-82 R. of Beighton, Suffolk , 1583 V. of Eglingham, Northumberland , 1587-90
   brother of George GARDINER (1552)

   Venn I. 47. venn.lib.cam.ac.uk

• UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975 (Citation provides evidence for name and burial of George Gardiner)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #71380121
• The Ed & Gayle [Fuess] Denne' Genealogy:Information about George Gardiner. Genealogy.com. forum.