Hi David, Thanks for your reply. I am trying to unscramble the marriage of William Newburgh to Christian Gouvis daughter of Walter Gouvis.
The limited information that I have on them is often conflicting. William had to have been born after his father's marriage to his second wife Alice Carent Westbury (William's mother who d. 1481/2) after 1449.
Yet, in her 1491 IPM William's wife claimed that her heir Roger was two different ages (25+ or - and 28) a discrepancy of up to 4 years depending on what you read.
However, Hutchins says that at the age of fourteen Christian was betrothed in 1447, which would be at least eight years or more before his birth. She would have had to have been married to William when he was 12 years of age or younger given his mother's IPM. Of course, this may have been an earlier marriage, but she would have been so much older than William if we are looking at the right woman.
We know for sure they were married. He died in 1471 at the battle of Tewkesbury. They had four sons, two of whom became the heir(s) to their grandfather John Newburgh Esq. at E. Lulworth who died 1484. . . His marriage to Christian Gouvis just doesn't compute given the dates available and the marriage of his own parents.
Any ideas anyone?
Thanks,
Sue
