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- HARVEY' S VISITATION IN 1552
THE PEDEGRE GEORG GALE, TRESORER OF THE MYNT OF YORKE
OLYUER GALE, of Thyrntofte in the conte of York, esquyer, roared Elen, dowghter to Marshall of Rychmondshy, had yssu George Gale, sone and heyre. *
GEORGE GALE, sone and heyre to Olyuer, maryed Marye, dowghter tyll Robert, lord of Kendalle, and had yssu Francis Gale and Thomast; Ysabell, maryed to Raft Hale; Anne, maryed to Robert Pecoke, alderman of York; Alyce, maryed to Christopher Clapame; Dorothe, maryed to John
Rokesby of Kyerksandall ; Elyzabeth, wedyd to Robert Garbraye; and Yrsula, unmaryed.
[Editor's note: The will of George Gale, alderman of York, was dated 11 June, 1556, and proved 27 Aug ., 1556, and the will of his widow, dame Mary, was dated 24 Sept ., 1557, and proved 15 March, 1557-8. Wills in the York Registry, 1554 to 1568, p . 60.
Arms were granted by Dalton, Norroy, to Francis Gale, 26 March, 1559 . Jewers, Grants of Arms, 15 Genealogist, p . 175 . In this Harvey MS. the arms are different. The crest is the same. The crest, though put at the top of the shield by the copyist, is put at the side in the manuscript, and may have been added later. See the pedigree in Dalton's visitation post. By the inq. p .m . of George Gale taken 7 June;1557, it was found that he died 7 July, 1556 . Francis, his son and heir, was aged thirty.
*16 Hard. Soc. makes James Gale, who married into Spain, the eldest son, and George Gale, the second son, and carries down the pedigree further.} Thomas is omitted in the tabular version of Harvey's Visitation.
source: Dendy, Frederick Walter and C. H. Hunter Blair, eds, Visitations of the North, or Some Early Heraldic Visitations of, and Collections of Pedigrees, Relating to the North of England, Vol. 122, page 61, Andrews and Co., Durham, England, 1912.
- GEORGE GALE, esq. lord mayor of York, in 1534 and 1546, who died 2nd July, 1557, leaving, by Mary, his wife, daughter of Robert Lord, of Kendal, two sons and six daughters, viz.
I. ROBERT, or FRANCIS, his heir.
II. Thomas, who died issueless.
I. Isabella, m. to Ralph Hall, lord mayor of York.
II. Anne, m. to Robert Peacock, lord mayor of York.
III. Alice, m. to Christopher Clapham, esq.
IV. Dorothy, m. first, to John Rokesby, esq. and secondly, to Sir Thomas Fairfax, father of Thomas Lord Fairfax.
V. Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Garbray, of Beverley.
VI. Ursula, m. first to Sir William Malory of Studley; and secondly, to Henry Belasis, esq.
source: Burke, John. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank: But Univested with Heritable Honours, Volume 2. London, UK: Henry Colburn, 1835.
- In the reign of Edward VI. the King’s mint master at York was George Gale, goldsmith, of York, who had been under-treasurer of the mint during the reign of Henry VIII. George Gale was Sheriff of York in 1530, and Lord Mayor in 1534 and 1549. He was the ancestor of Dr. Thomas Gale, Dean of York, father of Roger Gale and Samuel Gale, the eminent antiquaries. One of the mint master’s daughters married Sir Thomas Fairfax, father of the first Lord Fairfax, of Denton, whose son and grandson were the distinguished parliamentary generals.
source: Benson, George. Coins: Especially Those Relating to York. York, UK: Coultas and Volans, Ltd., 1914.
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