Title: High Sheriff of Lancaster
Name: William Gentyl of Poulton le Sands
Herald date: 1307-1309
Or, on a chief Sable two mullets of six points Argent pierced Gules.
Little is known of William’s career beyond the fact that he held lands at Skerton. An Agnes de Gentyl married one Robert de Washington of Carnforth (d 1348) a forebear of the first President of the United States. At some point in the 14th century the Gentyl lands fell by marriage to the Lawrence family.
