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Before 5th December 1623 [his father] John Gape of Fishpool Street, St Albans and [his mother] Joan Marston were married.
On 5th December 1623 John Gape was born to John Gape of Fishpool Street, St Albans and Joan Marston. His father was a tanner.
On 9th April 1646 John Gape (age 22) and Ann Oxton were married.
In 1655 John Gape (age 31) was appointed Alderman of St Albans.
In 1658 John Gape (age 34) was appointed Mayor of St Albans.
In 1676 John Gape (age 52) purchased Harpsfield Hall. He and his son, known as John Gape the younger, purchased other properties in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, and may be said to have reached the highwater mark of prosperity in the fortunes of the family.
In 1679 John Gape (age 55) was elected MP St Albans.
On 31st December 1682 [his wife] Ann Oxton died.
In 1684 John Gape (age 60) was granted arms, contributed to the restoration of the Abbey church and became a governor of the local grammar school.
In 1696 John Gape (age 72) was appointed High Sheriff of Hertfordshire.
In 1697 John Gape (age 73) was appointed Justice of the Peace Hertfordshire.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
St Alban's Shrine, St Albans Cathedral. Ledger stone of John Gape (age 79), died 20th April 1703, and his wife [his former wife] Ann, died 31st December 1682.
Ann Oxton: she was born to Thomas Oxton of St Albans. On 9th April 1646 John Gape and she were married. On 31st December 1682 she died.
Father: John Gape of Fishpool Street, St Albans
GrandFather: Giles Marston of Hillend
Mother: Joan Marston