Robert / Francis# Gale

  Notes:

Info from Jeremy Archer. Of Acomb Grange. Treasurer of the Royal Mint.

Burke's LG describes him "Robert, or Francis Gale Esq. of Akeham (sic) Grange, co York in 1590 m Anne, dau of William Clapham, Esq. of Beamsley, and widow of Mr.Thwaite of Marston, by whom (m 2ndly, John Ingleby, Esq., brother of Sir William Ingleby of Ripley) he left at his decease two sons, Robert of Akeham Grange; and John of Scruton; and a dau, Mary, wife of Thomas Meynell, Esq. of North Kilvington".

Acomb Grange website; the late Jennifer Kaner and others;
Francis Gayle, George's son was described as of Acomb Grange, although when he died, a survey of his lands dated 1561/2, when his son Robert was five years old showed that though he held Wilberfoss freehold, Acomb Grange was still held as a reversion on the original lease to Ralph Bagnall.

In his will, he requested that he be buried at Rufforth 'nigh unto his children'. He left his wife silver cups, a nest of bowls with a cover parcel gilt, 'a litle salt and a chayne of gold'. Francis had his pedigree and arms recorded by the heralds in 1563/4.

The arms are described as ‘azure a fese between 3 sawtrells argent on the fece 3 lionsheads erazed Azure. The crest to his armes on a wrethe Argent and Azure an Unycornehede paly of 6 Argent & Or ‘. In 1584 Robert, his son, was one of the gentry whose arms were painted in the frieze of arms in the great chamber at Gilling (Castle).

Robert married Anne# Clapham, daughter of William# Clapham and Margaret# Mydelton, in 1549.