Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot (c. 1332–1387) was an English nobleman and soldier.

Family

Talbot was the son and heir of

Richard Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot Richard Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot (c. 1306 – 23 October 1356) was an English nobleman and soldier. As the husband of the heiress Elizabeth de Comyn, he played a role in the Second War of Scottish Independence. Family Talbot was the son and ...

and his wife

Elizabeth de Comyn Elizabeth de Comyn (1 November 1299 – 20 November 1372) was a medieval noblewoman and heiress, notable for being kidnapped by the Despenser family towards the end of the reign of King Edward II. Background Elizabeth was born to John III Co ...

. Burke, Bernard
"A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire"
pg. 527 The Talbot family had been locally prominent in

Herefordshire Herefordshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England, bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh ...

since the reign of

Henry II of England Henry II () was King of England The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with the ...

,Robinson, Charles John
"A History of the Castles of Herefordshire and Their Lords
pp. 52-3 and had blood connections to both the Welsh and Scottish nobility. His father died in 1356, resulting in his succession as the third Baron Talbot.

Military career

Talbot served in several English military campaigns. He fought in the

Hundred Years War The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duchy of Aquitaine and was triggered by a c ...

under the

Black Prince Edward of Woodstock (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376), known as the Black Prince, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Edward III of England. He died before his father and so his son, Richard II, succeeded to the throne instead. Edward n ...

, and was with the royal fleet under Admiral

Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk, 1st Baron de la Pole, (c. 13305 September 1389) of Wingfield Castle in Suffolk, was an English financier and Lord Chancellor of England. His contemporary Froissart portrays de la Pole as a devious and i ...

. During the

Peasants' Revolt The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381. The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black ...

, he was one of the commissioners tasked with raising forces to fight the rebels.Ross, Barbara
"An Account of the Talbot Household at Blakemere in the County of Shropshire, 1394–1425"
pp. 11-12 He served under the

Earl of Cambridge The title of Earl of Cambridge was created several times in the Peerage of England, and since 1362 the title has been closely associated with the Royal family (see also Duke of Cambridge, Marquess of Cambridge). The first Earl of the fourth cre ...

in Portugal and Spain in 1381–1382, and was present at the capture of Higuera la Real. During this Iberian service, he was chosen as the ambassador of the English forces to the king of Portugal to demand their wages. Froissart, Jean
"Froissart's Chronicles"
pp. 49-51 He returned to England, where he was called to Newcastle in 1385 for service against the Scots. He returned to Spain in 1386 with

John of Gaunt John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399), was an English royal prince, military leader and statesman. He was the fourth son (third surviving) of King Edward III of England, and the father of King Henry IV. Because ...

when the latter was pressing his claim to the throne of Castile. He died of the plague while in Spain in 1387.Goodman, Anthony
"John of Gaunt: The Exercise of Princely Power in Fourteenth-Century Europe"
pg. 292

Marriages and children

Talbot was married twice. Prior to 1361, he married Petronilla, daughter of

James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond (17 October 13046 January 1338), was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He was born in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland and died in Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland. Family James Butler was the son of Edmund Butler, Earl of Carr ...

by his wife

Eleanor de Bohun Eleanor de Bohun ( – 3 October 1399) was the elder daughter and co-heiress (with her sister, Mary de Bohun), of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (1341–1373) and Joan Fitzalan, a daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel an ...

. Charles Stourton, 24th Baron Mowbray
"History of the Noble House of Stourton"
pp. 914 They had two children: * Richard Talbot, 4th Baron Talbot, his son and heir. He is an ancestor to Lady Maud Parr, mother of Queen Catherine Parr who was the sixth and final wife of

Henry VIII Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is known for his Wives of Henry VIII, six marriages and his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. ...

. * Elizabeth Talbot, who married Henry Grey, 5th Baron Grey de Wilton He married secondly Joan, daughter of

Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford (24 September 1301 – 31 August 1372), Order of the Garter, KG, of Stafford Castle and Madeley Old Manor, Madeley Castle in Staffordshire, was an England, English nobleman and a no ...

by his wife

Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley Margaret de Audley, ''suo jure'' 2nd Baroness Audley and Countess of Stafford (c. 1318 – 7 September 1349G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete ...

Death and legacy

Talbot died on 24 April 1387 and was succeeded by his son Richard. He seems to have been a spendthrift, and left significant debts at his death. A year earlier, he had been pardoned for outlawry after failing to answer the

Earl of Arundel Earl of Arundel is a title of nobility in England, and one of the oldest extant in the English peerage. It is currently held by the Duke of Norfolk, and it is used (along with the earldom of Surrey) by his heir apparent as a courtesy title ...

concerning a debt of £3000. The economic problems he left behind were still affecting the Talbot family in the time of his grandson, the fifth baron.Fildes, Keith E.
"The Baronage in the Reign of Richard II, 1377-1399"
pp. 193-4

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Talbot, Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron 1330s births 1387 deaths 14th-century English nobility 14th-century deaths from plague (disease) Gilbert Barons Talbot Year of birth uncertain