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The Manor of Alderton 3 rd edition
Phillipps records 239 a different head to this inscription – “An Epitath upon Mrs
240 Elizabeth Gore, daughter of Charles Gore, of Aldrington, Esq, and Lydia his
Wife, who departed this life Anno Domini 16412, aetat suae 4”
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As has been seen the first two male children died in childhood and so the
Manor passed to Thomas.
Fig. 28 Arms of Thomas Gore *
(after Gore, T 1666) 241
He was probably the most famous of all the Gore’s of Alderton, being a wellknown
antiquarian and genealogist, and a friend of Aubrey, (who was born in
Kington St Michael) amongst others. Thomas was born at Alderton Tuesday
239
Sherlock, P (2000) (ed) Monumental Inscriptions of Wiltshire : an edition,
in facsimile, of Monumental Inscriptions in Wiltshire by Sir Thomas Phillipps,
1832 WRS vol 57 p48
240 The honorific “Mrs” appears strange here but indicates that Elizabeth was not of
common stock, the prefix Mrs appears in the Parish Registers before several females
associated with the Gore family who had definitely not been married before their
appearance in the Registers, for example (see below) “Mrs Elizabeth Flower” but it
does not necessarily indicate marital status as it can be short for Misstress.
241 Gore, T (1666) Syntagma Genealogicum or A genealogical treatise of the family of
the Gores of Aldrington or Alderton p303
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