FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
JEFFRY AND ANNE GILKES
Swalcliffe Church
Baptism record for Jeffry Gilkes in Swalcliffe:
"7 Geffry the sonne of Richard Gylkes"
Jeffry died and was buried 11 October 1645 in Swalcliffe.
Burial record for Jeffry Gilkes in Swalcliffe:
"Octob. 11 Jeofry Gilks"
Jeffry and Anne had the following children:
*1. Elizabeth, christened 30 April 1642 in Swalcliffe;
married William Slaymaker 29 September 1665 in Drayton, Oxfordshire.
Baptism record for Elizabeth Gilkes in Swalcliffe: "30
Elizabeth ye daughter of Jeofry Gilks & Anne"
2. Mary, christened 5 January 1644 in Swalcliffe.
SOURCES: Swalcliffe parish register; Drayton parish register;
www.ancestry.com.
Swalcliffe
FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
RICHARD AND MARY GILKES
Richard Gilkes was christened 25 June 1580 in Swalcliffe, the son of
William and Agnes Gilks. He married Mary. Richard was a husbandman
in Sibford Gower in the parish of Swalcliffe.
Baptism record for Richard Gilkes in Swalcliffe:
"June 25 Richard the sonne of William Gilks"
Richard died and was buried 29 March 1626 in Swalcliffe.
Burial record for Richard Gilkes in
Swalcliffe:
"March 29 Richard Gilkes of Little Sibfoord"
An inventory was created for Richard after his death:
Inventory for Richard Gilkes, 1627
An inventory taken the twelf day of October of all the goodes and
chattles of Richard Gilkes of Sibberd Gore in the County of Oxford
husbandman deceased in the third yeare of the raigne of our
Soveraigne Lord and Kinge Charles Defender of the ffaith taken by
us whose names are underwritten.
Imprimis in the hawle one little table two stolles one chere
one bench praysed at vjs
Item two poote three kettles one possnet one fringpan praysed
at xijs
Item the pewter praysed at ijs vd
Item all the plowe tymber and cart timber with bordes and
other woode with one pere of cart wheeles praysed at – xli
Item one score of sheppe praysed at – vl
Item two beast one earlinge with a clase praysed – vl
Item corne in the barne with rye and peese praysed at iijx
Item two beedsteds one woolbed two coverleds three blancketts
five pere of sheetes one fether bolster one wool bolster two
pillowebeares one chest one coffer praysed iijl
Item one combe one jeven one chernn two barrells tow payles
on perch with dishes and other smaleware praysed – vjd
Item one lantorne one cheare one cradle with other lumber -
vs
Item sowe two pigges praysed at – xs
Item five hennes praysed at xxd
Item all his apparel praysed at – xxxs
Item one spitte with cobberd halfe a dossen of ___ praysed at
iiijs
Somma totalis xxiij vijs vd
Rychard Gilkes
John Hopkinges
Rychard ffaxon
Willm Giryd
A note at bottom mentions “Mariam Gilkes relictum” or
Mary Gilkes widow of Richard Gilkes.
Note at the bottom of the inventory for Richard Gilkes
mentioning Mariam Gilkes relictam - Mary Gilkes widow
Richard and Mary had the following children:
1. George, christened 30 November 1604 in Swalcliffe.
2. Richard, christened 19 June 1609 in Swalcliffe.
*3. Jeffry, christened 7 July 1611 in Swalcliffe; married
Anne.
4. (Male), christened 29 April 1613 in Swalcliffe.
5. Georg, christened 28 January 1615 in Swalcliffe.
6. Clemence, (female) christened 9 February 1619 in
Swalcliffe.
7. Timothe, christened 28 May 1621 in Swalcliffe.
8. Lucy, christened 15 March 1622 in Swalcliffe.
SOURCES: Swalcliffe parish register; www.ancestry.com; Act Book,
Oxfordshire Wills for Richard Gilkes, listing his relict Marie or
Mary, www.findmypast.com; inventory for Richard Gilkes of Sibford
Gower in Swalcliffe parish, 1628.
FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
WILLIAM AND AGNES GILKS
William Gilks was born in about 1555 in Swalcliffe, the son of John
and Margaret Gilkes. The Swalcliffe parish register began in 1560,
after William was born. The couples having children in the early
1560s were George and Elinor Gilks, with children Mary (1560) and
Thomas (1566) christened; Jeffrey and Agnes, with child Thomas
(1561), then Jeffrey and Elizabeth, with children Alis (1564) and
and Jone (1586); and John and Margaret, with child John (1562).
Jeffrey left a will in 1586, which did not include a son named
William, so Jeffrey is eliminated as a potential father for William.
Jeffrey's will included a list of his debts, including one to
William, the son of John Gilkes.
William married Agnes in about 1579.
Sibford Gower in Swalcliffe
William was mentioned in the will of Jefry Gilkes of Sibford Gower
in 1586.
Will of Jefry Gilkes of Sibford Gower, 1586
Jefrey left a will in 1586, with a list of his
debts at the end of the will:
Jefry Gilkes his detes
Imprimis he oweth to Thomas Tredwell xxx li
Item to William Gilkes the sonne of John Gilkes fiftie
shillinges
Item to Thomas Gilkes the sonne of George Gilkes xls
Item to Henrie Gilkes xxs
Item to Mr Christeofer xxs
Inventory of William Gylkes of Sibford Gower, 1609
An inventory of the goodes cattells and chattels of William
Gylkes of Sybford Gowre in the pish of Swalklyfe deceased taken
and praysed the thirtieth day of September 1609 by William ffaxon,
Anthony Gylkes John Gylkes and Henry Soden.
Imprimis his apparel and mony in his purse xxs
Item a bed and bolster with other linnyn – xls
Item three coffers and a box – vjs viijd
Item two tables with frames, a chayre, and shelves – xiijs
iiijd
Item brasse and pewter – xiijs iiijd
Item a spit, cobbirons, a fryenge pann, and a mattock – vjs
viijd
Item coopery ware – vjs viijd
Item wooll – vjs viiud
Item hempe and other stuffes – vjs viijd
Item seven sheepe and fower lambes xvijs
Item a cowe and a breeder – ls
Item the lease of his howse iiijli vjs viijd
Item corne pease and hey – iiijli
Item old wood and hovel tymber – xxs
Summa total xxvijli xiijs viijd
A note at the bottom of the inventory mentioned his widow Agnes “Agneta
euis relictes”.
Mark of Agnes Gilkes on the administration for William Gilkes
William and his wife Agnes had the following children:
*1. Richard, christened 25 June 1580 in
Swalcliffe.
2. Georg, christened 28 Oct 1586 in Swalcliffe.
3. William, christened 2 April 1592 in Swalcliffe; buried 16
April 1596 in Swalcliffe.
4. Margaret, christened 29 March 1594 in Swalcliffe.
5. Mary, christened 19 September 1596 in Swalcliffe.
SOURCES: Swalcliffe parish register; www.ancestry.com;
inventory for William Gilkes of Sibford Gower, 1609; will of Jefry
Gilkes of Sibford Gower, 1586.
FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
JOHN AND MARGARET GILKES
John Gilkes was born in about 1525 of Sibford Gower in Swalcliffe
parish. He married Margaret. John may have been the son of Thomas
Gilkes, who was taxed as a freeholder in Sibford Gower in the Lay
Subsidy of 1525.
Margaret died and was buried 18 December 1590 in Swalcliffe.
Burial record for Margaret Gilks in Swalcliffe:
December 18 Margaret Gilks
John died and was buried 25 April 1591 in
Swalcliffe.
Burial record for John Gilks in Swalcliffe:
Aprill 25 John Gilks
John and Margaret had the following children:
*1. William, born about 1555 of Swalcliffe; married Agnes;
buried in about 1609 in Swalcliffe.
2. John, christened 6 September 1561 in Swalcliffe.
Baptism record for John Gilks in Swalcliffe: "Septemb 6 John
Gilks sonne to John Gilks & Margaret his wife"
SOURCES: Swalcliffe parish register; www.ancestry.com;
will of Jefry Gilkes of Sibford Gower, 1586
Swalcliffe Barn
"Between the 16th and 18th centuries a ½-yardland holding in the
open fields was not uncommon, but a number of prominent families
had built up far larger holdings. The Gilkes family, for instance,
4 members of which were taxed in 1524, gradually increased their
wealth". (British History Online: Swalcliffe)
"The families of the parish of Swalcliffe, which until the late
19th century included the parish of Sibford, have three unusual
characteristics: The length of their connection with the parish;
the number of freeholders that they included; and the vigour with
which they thrust out branches from this small remote village all
over the Kingdom. The Gilkes family is a good example under all
three heads. It was established there as early as 1525, and as
will be see probably over a century earlier, and members of the
family still live at Swalcliffe and all round the neighborhood.
It is almost certain that John Gylkes, or Jylkes,
master carpenter, belonged to this family. He was first employed
by New College on the hall and stable of their rectory of
Swalcliffe in 1397-98, and on farm buildings there in 1408-9 and
1412-3, and was therefore very probably a native of the village.
At the Lay Subsidy of 1525 two comtemporary Thomas
Gilkeses were assessed as freeholders, one as of Sibford
Ferris and the other as of Sibford Gower."
(Gilkes of Sibford: An Enterprising Yeoman Family; Cake and
Cockhorse , Summmer 1966)
