Gilbert Talbot

• Name	Gilbert Talbot
  Birth	of Eccleswall, Herefordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I7661	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family	Gwenthlian Mechyll,   b. of Dynevor, Carmarthenshire, Wales
  Children	1. Richard Talbot,   b. Abt 1250, of Eccleswall, Herefordshire, England d. 3 Sep 1306 (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F2791	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): “SARAH DE BEAUCHAMP, married 7 Jan. 1268/9 (date of her father's will) RICHARD TALBOT (or TALEBOT), of Eccleswall (in Linton), Credenhill, Linton, and Weston, Herefordshire, Sheriff of Gloucester, 1299-1301, son and heir of Gilbert Talbot, of Eccleswall, Herefordshire, by Gwenthlian, daughter of Rhys Mechyll, of Dynevor, South Wales. He was born about 1250. They had three sons, Gilbert, Knt [1st Lord Talbot], Richard, and Thomas [Rector of Credenhill, Herefordshire], and two daughters, Gwenllian (wife of Pain de Turberville, Knt.) and Joan. He served in Wales and Gascony under King Edward I. He presented to the church of Credenhill, Herefordshire in 1301. RICHARD TALBOT died about 3 Sept. 1306. His widow, Sarah, was living in July 1317. Brydges Collins' Peerage of England 3 (1812): 1-49 (sub Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury). Duncumb et al. Colls. Towards the Hist. & Antiqs. of Hereford 2(1) (1812): 376-383. Nicolas Testamenta Vetusta 1(1826): 50-51 (will of William de Beauchamp). Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 2 (1836-41): 218-219 (Beauchamp ped.). Capes Reg. Ricardi de Swinfield, Episcopi Herefordensis 1283-1317 ( Canterbury & York Soc. 6) (1909): 533. Clark Carter et Alia Munimenta de Glamorgancia 3(1910): 1032-1034. Williams Llyfr Baglan (1910): 276-277 (Turberville ped.). Bradney Hist. of Monmouthshire 4(2) (1932): 266-267 (Gamage ped.). C.P. 12(1):609-610 (1953) (in a papal dispensation dated 1 August 1320, Thomas Talbot, priest, younger brother of Gilbert, is described as kinsman of the late Guy, Earl of Warwick, who had nominated him to the rectory of Tanworth, co. Warwick, about Dec. 1307). Dictionary Welsh Biog. (1959): 988 (sub Turberville). Mason Beauchamp Cartulary Charters (Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 43) (1980): lviij (Beauchamp ped.). National Archives, SC 8/75/3711 (available at www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search.asp). Children of Richard Talbot, by Sarah de Beauchamp: i. GILBERT TALBOT, Knt., 1st Lord Talbot [see next]. ii. RICHARD TALBOT, of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, married JOAN DE MORTIMER [see RICHARD'S CASTLE 5]. iii. JOAN TALBOT, married JOHN DE CAREW, Knt., of Carew, Pembrokeshire [see BRYAN 10]."