Gilbert Hawkwood

✓ Gilbert Hawkwood of Sible Hedingham, Essex, a tanner and minor landowner of 'considerable wealth' with property in Sible Hedingham and Finchingfield; father of Sir John Hawkwood, his second son. Sources: Oxford DNB (Fowler), 'Hawkwood, Sir John'; Caferro, John Hawkwood (2006) p.33; Starr, Medieval Mercenary (Essex Record Office 2007) p.17 - via Wikipedia 'John Hawkwood'. Wikipedia also notes Hawkwood was, through Alice Coggeshall, an ancestor of the Earls of Inchiquin. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 19 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]