Biography of Arthur Gorges 1569-1625

In 1569 Arthur Gorges was born to William Gorges (age 55).

In 1584 Arthur Gorges (age 15) and Douglas Howard were married. They were third cousin once removed.

In 1584 [his father] William Gorges (age 70) died.

In 1597 Arthur Gorges (age 28) and Elizabeth Clinton (age 8) were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of Henry Clinton 2nd Earl Lincoln (age 55) and Catherine Hastings Countess Lincoln (age 54). They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 28th September 1625 Arthur Gorges (age 56) died.

John Evelyn's Diary. 3rd February 1662. I went to Chelsea, to see Sir Arthur Gorges' house.

Survey London Volume 4 Chelsea Part II. Cecil does not seem to have carried out his larger schemes and he sold the house to Henry Clinton, second Earl of Lincoln, in 1599.

Lincoln settled the estate on Sir Arthur Gorges, who had married his daughter. He lived in the house just mentioned, adjoining the great house, built for him by his father-in-law, and some four years after the latter's death in 1615, he sold Sir Thomas More's house to Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex. [See Close Roll, 18 Jas. I., pt. 18.] The new owner purchased several additions to the property, including "Brick Barn Close" and "The Sandhills," both north of the King's Road. These he converted into the Park, which is shown in Kip's view and was not built upon until after 1717. Cranfield fell under the displeasure of the King, and in consequence forfeited his property, which Charles I. granted in 1627 to George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. After the Duke's assassination, the family continued to reside here until the outbreak of the Civil War, when the house was seized by the Parliament, and Mr. Randall Davies has referred to the record in the Perfect Occurrences of the petition in 1646 of the Duchess of Lennox, Buckingham's daughter, for leave to come to London, or to her house in Chelsea, to be under Dr. Mayerne's hands for her health. The great physician was then living at Lindsey House, the old farmhouse belonging to the estate.

[his son] Arthur Gorges was born to Arthur Gorges and Elizabeth Clinton.

[his daughter] Elizabeth Gorges Countess Lincoln was born to Arthur Gorges and Elizabeth Clinton.