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Birth:          ABT 1170 Gorges, Normandy
Death:          BEF 28 Sep 1236 Powerstock Manor, Beaminster, Devonshire, England

Notes
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I16503
According to Gorges (p.5) Thomas is the first proven ancestor of the house of Gorges 
in England. The name Gorges derived from the name of one of the most ancient 
parishes in Lower Normandy, one part of which was the 'fief of Gorges.' When John I 
Lackland entered war with French King Philip Augustus, Thomas, for whom John I was 
his liege lord, sided with John I. With the victory of Philip Augustus, his lands were 
confiscated, he lost his chief place in the church, lost his honors in processions, and 
lost his share of tithes. His castle was demolished in 1212. He left Normandy for 
England where Henry III made him warden of the royal manor of Powerstock in Dorset. 
He was made a knight of Henry III and received financial support from the King (see 
Gorges, p. 5,6).

CP states "Poorstock" (which I can't find anywhere), but I think it is now known as 
Powerstock.

Note: I have Ralph, the father of Thomas, who seems also to have come to England.

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The following was given in a post-em by Curt Hofemann, curt_hofemann AT 
yahoo.com:

ID: I16546 Thomas de Gorges , of Powerstock, Sir 

CP states "Poorstock" (which I can't find anywhere), but I think it is now known as 
Powerstock 

A google search shows: 
According to the 1851 Topographical Dictionary of England: 
POORSTOCK, a parish partly in the hundred of EGGERTON, but chiefly in the liberty 
of POORSTOCK, Bridport division of the county of DORSET, 4 miles (N.E. by E.) from 
Bridport, containing, with the tythings of West Milton, Nettlecombe, and South 
Poorton, 1010 inhabitants.

Your suspicion that the spelling has changed is confirmed at an interesting website: 
http://www.martinstown.co.uk/WEBSITE/DUKE/history5.htm 
The names of "Poorstock" and "Poorton" in Dorset are more commonly given as 
"Powerstock" and "Powerton," both modernized forms of "Poer."

and also confirmed in the webpage title at: 
http://www.dorset-opc.com/PowerstockWills.htm 
INDEX OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS OF POORSTOCK (POWERSTOCK) 
PEOPLE 

FYI, I found references to 2 books that sound like they would be good to "flesh out" 
this line: 
T.George, De Georges, "Pedigrees and History of the Families George and Gorges", 
1903 
Raymond Gorges, "The Story of a Family Through Eleven Centuries", Boston, 1944 
I vaguely recall a somewhat disparaging remark about the scholarship of one of the 
books on SGM so caveat emptor. 

Regards, 
Curt

Parents
DE GORGES Ralph (ABT 1140 - AFT 1189)
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Siblings
DE GORGES Thomas (ABT 1170 - BEF 28 Sep 1236)

Marriage To ____ Joan (1175 - AFT 18 Apr 1237)
    m.  

Notes


Children by ____ Joan 1175 - AFT 18 Apr 1237
DE GORGES Ralph (ABT 1200 - BEF 16 Jan 1241)

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