Thomas Kirke

Abt 1603 - 1642  (~ 39 years)

• Name	Thomas Kirke  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Born	Abt 1603	Dieppe, archev. Rouen (Seine-Maritime), Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  Military	5 Jul 1628
  	Took part in the expedition that captured the ship carrying Claude de Saint-Étienne de La Tour in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
  Military	18 Jul 1628
  	Took part in the expedition that captured the fleet of Admiral Claude de Roquemont de Brison at Tadoussac
  Military	22 Apr 1629
  	Émery de Caën leaves Dieppe for Québec with two ships
  Military	19 Jul 1629
  	Vice Admiral of the expedition that captured Québec (war had however ended on 24 April without his knowledge)
  Occupation	24 Jul 1629
  	Left Québec for Tadoussac
  Military	25 Jul 1629
  	Captures Émery de Caën (French fur-trade monopolist) aboard his ship "l'Hélène" at La Malbaie
  Occupation	14 Sep 1629
  	Left Tadoussac for England with 6 685 pelts belonging to Émery de Caën (6 253 beaver and 432 elk skins)
  Occupation	20 Oct 1629
  	Arrived at Plymouth (Émery de Caën would later be awarded £14.300 in damages by the Admiralty Court)
  Occupation	27 Oct 1629
  	Arrived at Dover where the French (including the Jésuite and Récollet priests) were released
  Occupation	29 Oct 1629
  	Disembarked at Gravesend, arriving in London by way of the Thames with Samuel de Champlain and Claude de Saint-Étienne de La Tour
  Occupation	17 Nov 1629
  	Deposition (with his associates John Love and Thomas Wade) before Sir Henry Marten, Judge of the Admiralty
  Occupation	26 Apr 1630
  	Met the "Arbella" that was transporting John Winthrop to America during his crossing with two ships on his way to Québec (where he wintered)
  Occupation	1 Dec 1631
  	The coat armour of Admiral Roquemont de Brison is granted to him in London for valour in vanquishing the French fleet and subsequent taking of Canada
  Occupation	29 Mar 1632
  	King Charles consented "to give up and restore all the places occupied in New France, Acadia, and Canada"
  Occupation	5 Jul 1632
  	Émery de Caën arrived at Québec, commissioned to reclaim that stronghold from Kirke
  Occupation	13 Jul 1632
  	Québec is handed over to Émery de Caën, Charles de Duplessis-Bochart and Vice-Admiral Raymond de La Ralde
  Military	1642
  	Loyalist in the royal army
  Died	1642	England (shortly after the Battle of Edgehill)
  	Cause: In a cavalry skirmish
  Person ID	I6792	Godbout
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Gervase Kirke,   b. 1568, Norton, North Derbyshire, England ,   d. 17 Dec 1629, Basin Lane, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Élizabeth Gaudin,   b. Abt 1575, France ,   d. Aft 1638  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Married	1596	Dieppe, archev. Rouen (Seine-Maritime), Normandie, France
  Family ID	F3455	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

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