Sir Gilbert Culwen
- Abt 1403-
Name Sir Gilbert Culwen [1, 2] Title Sir Born Workington, Cumberland, England 
[2] Gender Male Died Abt 1403 Workington, Cumberland, England [1, 2, 3] Notes - In 1379, Sir Gilbert (iv) de Curwen received a licence to fortify and crenellate the pele tower built by his father in Workington in 1362. Sir Gilbert is believed to have died in 1403 during the great pestilence (plague), which also killed his first son, Sir William (i), who inherited his title. The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30% to 60% of Europe's population, reducing the world's population from an estimated 450 million to between 350 and 375 million by 1400. This has been seen the cause of a series of religious, social and economic upheavals which profoundly affected the course of European history.
Person ID I1532 Bosdet Genealogy Last Modified 16 May 2013
Father Gilbert Culwen, b. Abt 1296, Workington, Cumberland, England , d. 1383, Workington, Cumberland, England (Age ~ 87 years) Relationship Natural Mother Margaret Relationship Natural Married Aft 1320 [2] Family ID F433 Group Sheet
Family 1 Alice Lowther Married Bef 1375 [2] Children 1. William Culwen, b. Workington, Cumberland, England , d. Aft 1403, Workington, Cumberland, England Family ID F435 Group Sheet
Family 2 Isabel Derwentwater Married Abt 1375 [2] Family ID F436 Group Sheet
- In 1379, Sir Gilbert (iv) de Curwen received a licence to fortify and crenellate the pele tower built by his father in Workington in 1362. Sir Gilbert is believed to have died in 1403 during the great pestilence (plague), which also killed his first son, Sir William (i), who inherited his title. The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30% to 60% of Europe's population, reducing the world's population from an estimated 450 million to between 350 and 375 million by 1400. This has been seen the cause of a series of religious, social and economic upheavals which profoundly affected the course of European history.
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