Sir Gilbert de Southworth Knight, Lord of Southworth, Croft and Samlesbury
- Born: 1306, Lancastershire, England
- Marriage: Alicia d'Ewyas before 1332 715
- Died: 1372, Samlesbury Hall, Lancastershire, England at age 66
 Noted events in his life were:
• Titles: High Sheriff of Lancashire, 1323-1326. 168
• Background Information. 715
The Visitation of Lancashire by William Flower, 1567, show John Devyas, of Yorkshire married to the daughter and one of the heires of Wir William Samlesbury of Samlesbury, Lancashire, Knight. They are shown as having a son anmed Nicholas Devyas who has a daughter, the sole heir who marries Gilbert Sowthworthe of Southworthe. (Southworth)
~Visitation of Lancashire by William Flower, 1567, pg. 26
• Background Information. 157
Sir Gilbert de Southworth who married sometime before 1332 to Alicia D'Ewyas. He was living in 1334 and his wife Alicia was living in 1363. Through Alicia D'Eways, Sir Gilbert became the lord of Samlesbury.
~The Genealogy of the Southworths, pg. 405
In 1326, the manor of Southworth was confirmed to the elder Gilbert for his life with the remainder to Gilbert, son of Gilbert, and his heirs by Alicia, his wife. The manor of Samlesbury did not pass to Sir Gilbert and Alicia until after 1325/26. In that year Nich'us Deuyas is recorded as Lord of Samlesbury and Gilbertus Sotheworth as lord of Sotheworth manor.
~The Genealogy of the Southworths, pg. 407
• Web Reference: Samlesbury Hall.
Gilbert married Alicia d'Ewyas, daughter of Nicholas d'Ewyas and Joan wife of Nicholas d'Ewyas, before 1332.157 (Alicia d'Ewyas was born about 1304 in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England.)
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