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Sir Gerard de Usflete, (c.1346–1406) of

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and Ousefleet, Yorkshire, was a Member of Parliament for

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in 1401.

Career

He was the son and heir of Sir Gerard Usflete (died. c.1363) of North Ferriby. He was knighted before July 1371 and served as

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1384-5. He fought in France in the retinue of

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. He died shortly before April 1406 and was buried at North Ferriby.

Marriage and children

By his wife (of unrecorded name) he left legitimate issue one son and two daughters, including: *Gerard de Usflete (d.1421), eldest son and heir, who took part in the 1405 rebellion of

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(d.1408) and fought in the French wars of King Henry V and served as steward of Lincolnshire estates of the

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. He married Elizabeth FitzAlan, a daughter of

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(d.1397) and widow of

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(d.1399). He died without children when his two sisters became his co-heiresses. *Katherine Usflete (d. after 1436), mother of John Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp (d.1475) of Powick, KG.Plantagenet Ancestry

References

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