Lord Walter Gambon

 2097258. Lord Walter Gambon

~1355, Walter born in Devon, England, s/o 4194516. Walter Gambon.

6/21/1377, Richard II, age 10, son of the Black Prince, succeeded Edward III as King of England.

By 1388, Walter’s father died. [Assumed by break in records.]

3/10/1388, Walter Gambon on a commission in Devon to collect the 10^th and 15^th. (S) CFRs.

10/17/1396, Creditor: Richard de Hydon [of Devon, deceased]. Executors: Agnes Hydon, John Raleigh, Walter Gambon, and John Halghewill. (S) UKNA.

1401, Walter Gambon, domicellus, presented to Bondleigh.

12/5/1402, Commission to collect the 15^th and 10^th in Devon, Walter Gambon, … (S) CFRs.

Walter Gambon of Moreston, Devon, died.

(S) Visitations of Devon, V1, Vivian, 1895, P160, P405. (S) Porc. of Somerset Arch. Soc., 1897, P10. (S) Reg. of Walter de Stapeldon, Bishop of Exeter, 1892, P163, P436, P504, P516.

Family notes:

·         William More, s/o Gervais, married Elizabeth d/o Walter Gambon of Moreston. (Pole). (S) Ancient Sepulchral Effigies of Devon, Rogers, 1877, P216.

Children of Walter and ?:

i. John Gambon, born ~1375 in England.

11/3/1398, Commitment to Richard Gambon,—by mainprise of John Gambon of Taleton and John Gambon of Moryston,— … co. Devon, … (S) CFRs.

1/23/1405, Bishop Stafford licensed John Gambon and Idenia his wife to have an oratory in their manor of Moorstone in Halberton.

2/12/1420, Commitment to William Hankeford, knight, Richard Hankeford, and John Dabernoun, by mainprise of John Gambon and John Bilhole, both of the county of Devon, … (S) CFRs.

ii. Joan Gambon, born ? in England.

Joan, a daughter of Walter Gambon of Blackpool and Moreston, married John Avenell of Blackpool [John died 1420-26.] (S) Rpts. & Trans. Devon, V35, P390.

iii. Isabel Gambon (1048629), born ~1385 in England.