Edwin I GILPIN

Birth:
1517
Kentmere Hall, Westmoreland, England
Death:
4 Mar 1583
Kentmere, Westmoreland, England
Burial:
Abt Mar 1583
Notes:
                   also b.c. 1486.
Margaret LAYTON
Birth:
Abt 1486
Dalmaine, Cumberland, England
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   Aka, LATON.
Children
Marriage
1
William IV GILPIN
Birth:
Kentmere, Westmoreland, England
Death:
Abt Jan 1577
2
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked  
Marr:
 
3
Bernard I GILPIN, BISHOP OF DURHAM
Birth:
1517
Kentmere, Westmoreland, England
Death:
4 Mar 1583
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Educated at Queen's College, Oxford, England. Became a Fellow of theCollege.
On taking orders as a Priest, he was made one of the masters byCardinal
Wolsey.  Later in his life he was called the Apostle of The Northand in his
own parish as Father of The Poor. He was never married.
Bernard was Bishop of Durham; Archdeacon of Durham; Rector ofEssington;
Rector of Houghton-le-Spring, Diocese of Durham; founded a grammarschool at
Houghton-le-Spring. Was a widely renowned supporter of studentsentering,
during and following their school tenure.
He was a peacemaker, a strong evangelist.  There is a stained glasswindow
devoted to this prominent Gilpin in the Durham Cathedral (as oneenters the
nave by the north door), it contains three pictures (one) of Gilpingiving
away his horse, quelling the feud in Rothbury Church and the foundingof
Houghton Grammar School.
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Edwin I Gilpin - Margaret Layton

Edwin I Gilpin was born at Kentmere Hall, Westmoreland, England 1517. His parents were Richard I Gilpin and Dorothy Thornborough.

He married Margaret Layton . Margaret Layton was born at Dalmaine, Cumberland, England Abt 1486 .

They were the parents of 3 children:
William IV Gilpin
Blocked
Bernard I Gilpin, Bishop of Durham born 1517.

Edwin I Gilpin died 4 Mar 1583 at Kentmere, Westmoreland, England .