James# Gale

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Info from Jeremy Archer, from Uni of Hull Archives. Of Thrintoft, Scruton, N Yorks.

Burke's LG; James Gale, the first named in the pedigree, was seated at Thrintoft, near Scruton, in the hundred of East Gilling and North Riding, anno 1528. His son and heir was Oliver Gale.

and from http://www.knoxetal.com/gale/gale.htm
YoB from http://www.ancestrees.com/pedigree/6482.htm

There is an outline pedigree of the Gale family in the Visitation of Yorkshire 1563. The blazon of the Arms is 'Azure, on a fess between three saltires or, three lion's heads erased, gules'. There is also a good pedigree of the Jamaican branch of the Gale family in the College of Arms, signed by William Gale and dated 17 Feb 1783.

The family of Gale, was of eminence in the Norfolk and East-Ridings, in the 16th century; the earliest of the name that occurs, was James Gale, seated at Thrintoft, in the parish of Ainderby-Steeple.

On Scruton Village; Much of the village belonged to the Gale family, and then passed by marriage to the Coores. In the 1950's, Scruton woodlands and farms, its park and Hall, were sold as part of the winding up of the Coore estate. The old Hall was eventually demolished and, without the centrality of the ancient church of St Radegund, situated on the village green, the village may have lost its heart.

To this day the pub and village hall are named after the Coore's.

For Gale of Scruton see also Burke's ‘ Commoners,' 1836, vol. ii. p. 623;

Gale Family Records in the NYorks CRO and mention following; Aiskew, Aldburgh, Bolton on Swale, Fencote Great & Little, Hauxwell East, Holtby, Kirkby Fleetham, Kirby Wiske, Leeming, Newsham, Northallerton, Scruton (740) 1574-1834; West Yorkshire: Hopton, Mirfield (1) 1612; Cambridgeshire (43) 1589-1730; Wills & settlements (50) 1661-1822; Smelt, Cayley and Gale families: correspondence and papers (88) 1670-1812; Legal papers (113) 1670-1791; Plan of the parish of Scruton 1839 [MIC 2066]

Scruton Hall destroyed in 1956, but;
From http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Scruton/Scruton90.html;
Scruton Hall, at present the residence of G. W. Elliot, Esq., M.P. for the Richmond Division, is a red brick mansion, consisting of a centre and wings. It stands in a beautiful park of 180 acres, enriched with trees and plantations, and is supposed to have been built by the Rev. Thomas Gale, shortly after the purchase of the estate and manor.
The family was of considerable importance in the North and East Ridings in the 16th century. James Gale, the first name in the pedigree, was seated at Thirntoft, near Scruton, in 1523. George Gale, his grandson, was Lord Mayor of York in 1534 and 1546, and from him descended the Gales of Scruton, who possessed lands in the parish long before they became owners of the manor. The Rev. Thomas Gale, D.D., was born here in 1636. He was an eminent Greek scholar, and, in 1666, was appointed Regius Professor of that language in the University of Cambridge. A few years later he was elected to the head mastership of St. Paul's School, London, and, in 1697, was promoted to the deanery of York. He published several learned works, in which he displays great critical acumen and an extensive knowledge of antiquities. He was a member of the Royal Society, and became one of its honorary secretaries. He died at York, in 1702, leaving three sons and a daughter.
Roger Gale, the eldest son, was educated under his father, at St. Paul's School, whence he removed to Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he subsequently became a Fellow. He succeeded to the Scruton estate on the death of his father, and represented the borough of Northallerton in three parliaments. He was the first vice-president of the Society of Antiquaries, and treasurer to the Royal Society. His range of knowledge was most extensive, but it is as an antiquary he is chiefly known. He was not a prolific writer, but whatever came from his pen was always marked by depth of research. His principal works were an edition of his father's "Commentary on Antoninus," and "Registrum Honoris de Richmond." Many papers and letters on antiquarian and historical subjects were written to various literary and scientific journals, in which they appeared. He died at Scruton, in 1744, in his 72nd year, and was buried in the churchyard there, "obscurely, by his own desire." He left, by his wife, Henrietta, daughter of Henry Raper, Esq., of Cowling, one son, Roger Henry, who married Catherine, daughter of Christopher Crowe, Esq., of Kiplin.
Samuel Gale, the dean's youngest son, was educated at St. Paul's School, and afterwards at Cambridge. After his father's death he obtained a situation in the Custom House, London. He was one of the revivers of the Society of Antiquaries, and their first treasurer. He left a valuable collection of MSS. behind him, but printed nothing in his lifetime except a "History of Winchester Cathedral," in 1715. An essay on the Horn of Ulphus, at York, appeared in the archæologia, vol. i., p. 168, and another essay on Cæsar's Passage over the Thames is printed in the same volume. He was never married, and died in London, in 1754, at the age of 72.

Thomas Gale was also author of an inscription on the London Monument claiming that Catholics were responsible for the Great Fire of London ! He also appears in Samuel Pepys diary/correspondence.

Google Books;
"Gale, Roger (1672-1744) of Scruton, Yorks and Bedford Row, London. MP for Northallerton 1705-1713. b 1672, 1st son of Thomas Gale of Scruton, high master of St Paul's 1672-97 and Dean of York 1697-death. By Barbara, dau of Roger Pepys of Impington, Cambs. Educ; St.Paul's, Trinity Coll, Camb. 1691, BA 1695. fellow 1697, MA 1698. incorp Oxford 1699. Married Henrietta (d 1721) dau of Henry Roper of Cowling, Kent. 1s, 1d. Commissioner Stamp Duties 1714-15. Excise 1715-35. FRS 1717, treasurer 1728-36, vice-president Soc of Antiquaries 1717-18.
Gale's family had been settled in Yorkshire since 1523, and had acquired Scruton by the early 17th century. Gale himself was educ at St Paul's school, where his father was headmaster, and then at Cambridge, after which he became a distinguished antiquary. Ralph Thoresby, a close friend of Gale's, described him as a 'learned and ingenuious gentleman'. Having been successfull in contesting a by-election for Northallerton in Dec 1705, Gale was inactive during his early years in parliament. On 17 Mar 1708 he was teller for a bill to encourage trade with America, while three days later he carried up a bill for allowing Russian built ships to trade with Russia ....... much more. Did not stand for election in 1713. For the remainder of his life he devoted himself to antiquarian pursuits, publishing a number of learned works and becoming a founder member and vice-president of the Soc of Ant. A quote about him said "tis very well known that he is a great Whig, a man of a very stingy temper, notwithstanding he be very rich and is in a wealthy post" ! Died 25 Jun 1744, and was buried at Scruton. Left his manuscripts to Trinity, and his collection of Roman coins to the university library.
Many, many pages on Thomas, Samuel and Roger Gale in "Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century".
There was a Kneller portrait of Dean (Thomas) Gale and also portraits of his sons by Vanderbank and Whood. These were 'still at Scruton' although presum. they're not now !
A Lancelet Gayle of Scruton's will is in "Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond", he was the son of William Gale and Elizabeth Tennant, and father of William and Margaret. Circa 1556.

Family seem to have strong links with Westiminster School (St Paul's notwithstanding) and Trinity Coll.

One of Roger's grand-dau, Harriet, married a Capt John Atkinson Blanshard and their son Richard was also FRS and a successful merchant and MP for the City of London.

From http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/localhistory/viewarticle.aspx?id=422282
ONE of the special guests at the recent unveiling of the Mildred Gale plaque in Whitehaven’s St Nicholas gardens was Ron Gale, a descendant of the prominent Gale family who were gentry and well-to-do merchants in 17th and 18th century Whitehaven.
Said Ron: “My father told me as a boy that his ancestors were from Whitehaven, and one was a John Gale.’’
Mildred Warner Gale, the paternal grandmother of US first president George Washington had in 1700 made her second marriage to George Gale, the second son of tobacco merchant John Gale II of Whitehaven.
Said Ron: “My father Roy Gale came from Addingham in Yorkshire but another branch of the family came from Scruton in Yorkshire and there are others is the Richmond and York areas.
“A friend did some genealogical research for me and went back to Leonard Gale 1520, who he thinks is a descendant of James Gale (c1490) of Scruton who fought in Spain and later resided in Ireland. During the rebellion James came to Whitehaven and it is from this branch that the Gales of Lancashire claim descent, including John Gale, who bore the arms of Gale of Scruton, modified by an anchor, who it is proved was step-grandfather of George Washington.’’
John Gale an Irish Non-Conformist, came to Whitehaven in 1663 and became one of the town’s most influential citizens. It was one of his grandsons, George Gale, who links the town with America’s first president. The Gales were the town’s chief tobacco importers and George Gale and his younger brother Matthias were the family’s sea-going members. George may have been their agent in Virginia and met Mildred during his time there, maybe even negotiating for her tobacco crop. In the autumn of 1700 he brought his new wife, now pregnant, and her three children by her late husband Lawrence Washington and a female negro servant to England. After attending to legal business affairs in London (in relation to her husband’s will) the party arrived in Whitehaven and probably stayed with George’s father, John Gale at his house in Swingpump Lane. The Gale mansion at 151 Queen Street was built over 30 years after Mildred’s death (in Whitehaven in 1700) by another of George’s brothers, William Gale. William too imported tobacco from Virginia so the house has a well-preserved barrel vaulted cellar to store the tobacco and rum. The building is the earliest large house in town to survive with its ground floor accommodation intact.
It was not until the late 1800s that local antiquarians realised that the Mildred Gale who was buried in St Nicholas’ graveyard was the grandmother of George Washington. She had in fact only appeared in Whitehaven a few weeks before she died there. She gave birth to Gale’s baby, a daughter, also named Mildred, just a few days before her death. The rigours of her cross-Atlantic journey in her pregnant state and the subsequent birth had doubtless taken its toll. Her baby and servant soon followed her to the grave.
Apart from the newly unveiled stone commemorating Mildred Warner Gale there is another inside St Nicholas’ Centre, made of bronze, which was erected by the people of Virginia, Mildred’s homeland, in 1955. It survived the fire of 1971.
George Gale returned to America and settled in Maryland, where he died in 1712 having founded a small settlement which he called Whitehaven. He had remarried, to Elizabeth, with whom he had four sons.

James# married.