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b. Dec. 1587,C142/308/156. 1st s. of William Gerard† of Flambards and Dorothy, da. of Anthony Radcliffe, Merchant Taylor, of London. educ. ?Harrow sch.; G. Inn 1592, ancient 1610; PBG Inn, i. 188. Trin. Coll. Camb. 1602. m. c.1614, Mary (bur. 4 May 1666), da. of Sir Francis Barrington* of Barrington Hall, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, 9s. 7da. (at least 1 d.v.p.). Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 19-20; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 343; D. Lysons, Environs of London, ii. 578. Fourteen of Gerard’s children are named in Regs. St. Mary’s Church, Harrow-on-the-Hill ed. W. O. Hewlett, i. pt. 1, pp. 175, 185, 190, 194, 199, 204, 213, 225, 230, 238, 246, 252, 259, 274; pt. 2, p. 162. Two more are noted in Barrington Letters ed. A. Searle (Cam. Soc. ser. 4. xxviii), 223-5. suc. fa. 1609; cr. bt. 13 Apr. 1620. d. 6 Jan. 1670.
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Clerk of the Council, duchy of Lancaster 1609 – 40, chan. 1648 – 49, Mar.-July 1660; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 2–3, 29. commr. treaty payments to Scots 1641; SR, v. 123. treas.-at-war 1642–5; A. and O. i. 20, 818. member, Navy cttee. 1642, CJ, ii. 728a. cttee. of safety 1642; Fairfax Corresp. ed. R. Bell, i. 23. commr. W. Indies plantations by 1642-at least 1643; CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 324; A. and O. i. 331. commr. plundered ministers 1642; CJ, ii. 909a. treas. (jt) London loans 1643; A. and O. i. 144. member, Council of War 1643, CJ, iii. 191b. cttee. of Both Kingdoms 1644–8; A. and O. i. 382, 437. cttee. excise 1645; CJ, iv. 107a. trustee, Elector Palatine 1645; commr. abuses in heraldry 1646, A. and O. i. 785, 839. exclusion from sacrament 1646, compounding 1647, indemnity 1647–9, Ibid. 853, 914, 937. disbanding the Army 1647, CJ, v. 192b. managing assessment 1647, scandalous offences 1648, A. and O. i. 1016, 1209. Army 1648, CJ, vi. 83b. trade 1655 – 57; treas. relief of Piedmontese Protestants 1655; commr. statutes, Durham Coll. 1656, CSP Dom. 1655–6, pp. 1, 218; 1655, pp. 182, 196–7. appeals, sale of forest lands 1657; A. and O. ii. 1122. member, Council of State Feb.-May 1660; Ibid. 1418. gent. privy chamber June 1660 – d.; commr. maimed soldiers Dec. 1660–1. HP Commons 1660–90, ii. 393.

J.p. Mdx. 1615–21, C231/4, f. 3v; APC, 1621–3, p. 52. 1624 – 26, 1629–36, C231/4, ff. 160, 208, 265v. 1641–2, C231/5, pp. 449, 533. 1652–?3, C193/13/4. 1656–d., C193/13/6, f. 55; C193/13/7, f. 65v. ?Westminster 1660 – d.; commr. subsidy, Mdx. 1621, 1624–5; APC, 1621–3, p. 52; E115/100/52. commr. sewers, Coln valley 1624, C181/3, f. 116. Blackwall and Limehouse 1653, Mdx. and Westminster Aug. 1660; dep. lt. Mdx. 1624; C231/4, f. 164. sheriff, Bucks. 1626 – 27; commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 1636, C181/5, f. 57v. 1641 – 44, 1653 – 54, 1660–5, C181/7, pp. 3, 67, 122. London 1644–5, C181/5, ff. 230, 265. disarm recusants 1641, assessment Mdx. 1641, SR, v. 153. 1643 – 44, Mdx. and Westminster 1645–8, A. and O. i. 93, 636, 961, 970, 1078, 1087. Aug. 1660 – d., Bucks. 1644, 1647–8, Ibid. 536, 542, 961, 970, 1078, 1087. Westminster Mar. 1660, sequestration, Mdx. 1643, levying money (jt.), Mdx. and Westminster 1643, vols. Mdx. 1644, Ibid. 114, 199, 232, 383. maintenance of the Army 1644, execution of ordinances, Bucks. 1644, defence, Mdx. 1644, New Model ordinance 1645, Westminster Abbey 1645, regulate Oxf. Univ. 1647, Ibid. 400, 456, 556, 622, 804, 927. militia, Bucks. 1648, Mdx. 1648, Mar. 1660, Tower Hamlets 1648, Mar. 1660, Westminster, Mar. 1660. Ibid. i. 1177, 1234, 1239, 1246; ii. 1435–7.

Dep. gov. Providence Is. Co. 1634–5. CSP Col. 1574–1660, pp. 178, 206. It seems likely that the Sir Gilbert Gerard who was dep. gov. of the Somers Is. Co. in 1665, 1667 and 1669 was the son of this Member: see H.C. Wilkinson, Adventurers of Bermuda (2nd edn.), 398.

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GERARD, Gilbert (1587-1670), of Flambards, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Mdx.
Main residence: Flambards, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Mdx.
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GERARD, Gilbert (1587-1670)

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