Sir Gerard de Usflete,[1] (c.1346-1406) of North Ferriby and Ousefleet, Yorkshire, was a Member of Parliament for Yorkshire[2] in 1401.[3]
Career edit
He was the son and heir of Sir Gerard Usflete (died. c.1363) of North Ferriby. He was knighted before July 1371 and served as Sheriff of Yorkshire 1384-5. He fought in France in the retinue of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster.[4] He died shortly before April 1406 and was buried at North Ferriby.
Marriage and children edit
By his wife (of unrecorded name) he left legitimate issue one son and two daughters, including:
- Gerard de Usflete (d.1421),[5] eldest son and heir, who took part in the 1405 rebellion of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (d.1408) and fought in the French wars of King Henry V and served as steward of Lincolnshire estates of the Duchy of Lancaster. He married Elizabeth FitzAlan, a daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel (d.1397) and widow of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk (d.1399).[6] He died without children when his two sisters became his co-heiresses.[7]
- Katherine Usflete (d. after 1436), mother of John Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp (d.1475) of Powick, KG.[8]
References edit
- ^ Peerage of England By Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges
- ^ Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, p.41 [1]
- ^ Rawcliffe, C., biography of USFLETE, Sir Gerard, of North Ferriby and Ousefleet, Yorks, published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 [2]
- ^ Rawcliffe
- ^ Plantagenet Ancestry
- ^ Rawcliffe
- ^ Plantagenet Ancestry
- ^ Plantagenet Ancestry