GERARD, Thomas I (c.1564-1618), of Gerrard’s Bromley, Staffs., Astley, Lancs. and Charing Cross, London.

Family and Education

b. c. 1564, 1st (?1st surv.)Lansd. 24, art. 79 (ex inf. Dr. A. Davidson) indicates that there may have been an e. bro. educ. Oxf. who d. of gaol fever 1577. s. of Sir Gilbert Gerard by Anne, da. of Thomas Ratcliffe of Winmarleigh. educ. privately, under a Mr. Thomas Taylor; Caius, Camb. 1580, aged 16. m. (1) Alice, da. of Sir Thomas Rivet, at least 3s.; (2) aft. 1613, Elizabeth (d.1624), da. of Robert Woodford of Burnham, Bucks., s.p. Kntd. 1591; suc. fa. 4 Feb. 1593; cr. Baron Gerard 1603.

Offices Held

J.p. Lancs., Mdx. Northants., Staffs. from c. 1592; custos rot. Staffs. from 1601; capt. I.o.M. 1595; knight marshal of the Household May 1597; president, council in the marches of Wales 1616–17.Al. Cant. ii. 207; Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 653; CSP Dom. 1595–7, pp. 82, 417; 1603–10, p. 23; pat. roll 36 Eliz.; PRO Index 4208; C. A. J. Skeel, Council in the Marches of Wales, 287.

Parlimentarian

GERARD, Thomas I (c.1564-1618), of Gerrard’s Bromley, Staffs., Astley, Lancs. and Charing Cross, London.

Main residences: Gerrard's Bromley, Staffs.; Astley, Lancs.; Charing Cross, London.

Author

N.M.S.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

GERARD, Thomas I (c.1564-1618)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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