GORGES, Henry (c.1665-1718), of Eye and The Mynde, Much Dewchurch, Herefs.

b. c. 1665, o. s. of Ferdinando Gorges, merchant, of St. Bartholomew by the Exchange, London and Eye, by Meliora, da. of William Hilliard of St. John’s, Barbados. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. matric. 31 Mar. 1683, aged 18; L. Inn 1683. m. (1) bef. 1696, Elizabeth (d. 1709), da. and event. h. of Robert Pye of The Mynde, 2s. 2da., 5 other ch. d.v.p. ; (2) Dorothy, wid. of one Shatterden, ?s.p. suc. fa. 1701. R. Gorges, Story of a Fam. through 11 Cents. 200–2, 204; W. R. Williams, Herefs. MPs. 58; V. L. Oliver, Caribbeana, iii. 298; Mar. Lic. Vic.-Gen. (Harl. Soc. xiii), 237; CJ, xvi. 309; C. J. Robinson, Mansions and Manors of Herefs. 88; Duncumb, Herefs. Wormelow pt.2, pp. 100–1; Huntington Lib. Stowe mss 26(1), James Brydges’ diary, 19 Nov. 1701.