William Gorges (1514 - 1584)

Born 1514 in Wraxall, Dorset, England [uncertain]

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Died 1584 at about age 70 in England

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William Gorges was born in 1514, son of Edward Gorges (~1483–1565) and Mary Poyntz (1500–<1565).

Sir William Gorges, Knt., was a great naval commander, knighted before 1566, Vice Admiral of the Fleet 1580.

He was of Charlton Manor, in the Parish of Wraxall (sold after his death by his sons to their cousin, Edward Gorges of that place). He married in 1565 Winifred, daughter and heiress of Roger Budockshed of St. Budeaux, co. Devon, in the church of which parish is a curious monument, restored 1876, to one of his descendants. He died and was buried in the Tower of London 1583, his widow in Bath Abbey Church 1599. His eldest son, Tristram Gorges, Esq., continued the St. Budeaux line; his second, Robert Gorges, was of Butcombe, an extra-parochial place between Cheddar and Rodney Stoke, and was grandfather of Thomas Gorges of Heavitree, John Gorges Governor of Londonderry,

William married Winefred Budockshead (born in 1548). Their children were:

• Robert Georges (<1551– )
• Arthur Gorges (1557–1625)
• Edward Gorges (1558–1625)
• Tristram Gorges (~1562–1607)

William died in 1584, aged 69.

Sources

• History of Parliament online 1558-1603: GORGES, Arthur (1557-1625), of Chelsea, Mdx