Gerard Usflete
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Sir Gerard de Usflete,[1] (c.1346–1406) of North Ferriby and Ousefleet, Yorkshire, was a Member of Parliament for Yorkshire[2] in 1401.[3]
Bornc. 1346
Whitgift, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Diedc. 1406
Swanland, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Sir Gerard Usflete | |
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Arms of Usflete: Argent, on a fess azure three fleurs-de-lys or | |
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| Born | c. 1346 Whitgift, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | c. 1406 Swanland, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
Career
He was the son and heir of Sir Gerard Usflete (died. c.1363) of North Ferriby. He was knighted before July 1371 and served as Sheriff of Yorkshire 1384-5. He fought in France in the retinue of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster.[4] He died shortly before April 1406 and was buried at North Ferriby.
Marriage and children
By his wife (of unrecorded name) he left legitimate issue one son and two daughters, including:
- Gerard de Usflete (d.1421),[5] eldest son and heir, who took part in the 1405 rebellion of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (d.1408) and fought in the French wars of King Henry V and served as steward of Lincolnshire estates of the Duchy of Lancaster. He married Elizabeth FitzAlan, a daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel (d.1397) and widow of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk (d.1399).[6] He died without children when his two sisters became his co-heiresses.[7]
- Katherine Usflete (d. after 1436), mother of John Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp (d.1475) of Powick, KG.[8]