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GEWEN, Thomas (by 1585-1660), of the Inner Temple and St. Mary le Bow, London; later of Bradridge, Boyton, Cornw.

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b. by 1585, Aged 21 by Nov. 1606, when he took on admon. of grandfa.’s estate: PROB 11/108, f. 252v. o.s. of Christopher Gewen of Werrington, Devon and Joan, da. of William Noble of Boyton. C2/Jas.I/G11/2. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. by 1603, BA 1604; I. Temple 1605, called 1614. G.C. Boase and W.P. Courtney, Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, i. 170; Al. Ox.; I. Temple database of admiss.; HP Commons, 1660-90, ii. 393 confuses Gewen with Thomas Gueane, who was admitted to Queen’s, Oxf. in 1603. m. (1) c.1609 (with up to £460), Anne, da. of Hugh Vaughan of Exeter, Devon, 2s. d.v.p.; C2/Chas.I/H51/8; GL, ms 6538; Al. Ox. (Christopher Gewen). (2) 23 July 1622, Mary, da. of Matthias Springham of London and Richmond, Surr., merchant, wid. of Arthur Puckell (admon. 1 July 1617) of London, Leatherseller, 1s. 4da. (2 d.v.p.). Richmond Par. Reg. (Surr. Par. Reg. Soc. i), 144; PROB 11/130, ff. 101v-2; 11/136, f. 242; 11/303, f. 34; GL, ms 4996, ff. 86-8; Cornw. RO, FP16/1/1, pp. 31, 33. The near-contemporary suggestion that Gewen married a Cosworth is unproven: Autobiog. of Sir John Bramston ed. P. Braybrooke (Cam. Soc. xxxii), 13. suc. fa. 1610. Christopher Gewen d. soon after 16 Nov. 1610 (admon. 9 Jan. 1611): Cornw. RO, WW640; PROB 6/8, f. 2v. d. by 27 Nov. 1660. CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 365. sig. Tho[mas] Gewen.
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Auditor (jt.), duchy of Cornw. 1622–34, DCO, ‘Duchy Servants’, 105; C66/2409/18; 66/2538/30; 66/2673/1. commr. duchy of Cornw. assessions 1624, 1626; DCO, ‘Duchy Servants’, 105. viander, Newport, Cornw. 1626; C219/40/280. j.p. Cornw. 1628 – 42, by 1656–d., C231/4, f. 241; 231/5, p. 529; C193/13/6, f. 11v; C220/9/4, f. 13. commr. repair of St. Paul’s cathedral 1633; GL, ms 25475/1, f. 13. havenor, feodary and escheator, duchy of Cornw. 1633 – c.50, May 1660–d.; Western Antiquary, vii. 138; Parl. Survey of Duchy of Cornw. ed. N.J.G. Pounds (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. n.s. xxv), 73; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 365. stannator, Foymore, Cornw. 1636; Bodl. Add. C.85, p. 19. commr. assessment, Cornw. 1641 – 42, 1644, 1647 – 48, 1657, Jan. 1660, SR, v. 82, 149; A. and O. i. 545, 962, 1079; ii. 1064, 1365. sequestration Devon and Cornw. 1643, levying of money, Cornw. 1643, execution of ordinances 1644, militia 1648, Mar. 1660. A. and O. i. 111, 129, 228, 461, 1235; ii. 1428.

Recorder, Launceston, Cornw. 1646 – 51, 1653–60. R. and O.B. Peter, Launceston and Dunheved, 406.

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GEWEN, Thomas (by 1585-1660), of the Inner Temple and St. Mary le Bow, London; later of Bradridge, Boyton, Cornw.
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GERRARD, Sir Thomas, 1st Bt. (c.1560-1621), of Bryn, Lancs.

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b. c. 1560, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Gerrard† of Bryn, and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir John Port† of Etwall, Derbys.VCH Lancs. iv. 144; Bibliographical Dict. of Eng. Catholics ed. J. Gillow, ii. 433-4. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1575 aged 15; Clement’s Inn, I. Temple 1579; Al. Ox.; I. Temple database of admiss. embassy, Paris, 1585. E.B. Goodacre, ‘Henry Earl of Derby’s suite on his embassy to Paris 1584/5’, Trans. Hist. Soc. of Lancs. and Cheshire, xcii. 51-6. m. (1) c.1580, Cecily, da. of Sir Walter Maney of Staplehurst, Kent, 1s. 1da.; J. Foster, Lancs. Peds. (2) aft. c.1608, Mary, da. of Sir James Hawes, wid. of Sir John Smyth and Sir Robert Lee, ld. mayor of London, s.p.; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 230. (3) 19 Feb. 1614, Mary, da. of Sir William Dormer†, wid. of Anthony Browne and Sir Edmund Uvedale†, s.p. Reg. St Botolph Bishopsgate ed. A.W.C. Hallen, i. 50. suc. fa. Sept. 1601. Lancs. Fun. Certs. ed. T.W. King and F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. lxxv), 88-96. Kntd. 18 Apr. 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 101. cr. bt. 22 May 1611. C66/1942; CB, i. 21-2. d. 16 Feb. 1621. DL7/24/77. sig. Tho[mas] Gerard.
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Gent. pens. by 1583–1605; SP16/124/39; E407/1/37. gent. of privy chamber 1603–d. E407/1/29; E407/1/36, 37.

J.p. Lancs. c.1600–d.; Lancs. RO, QSC2–4; Lancs. Q.S. Recs. ed. J. Tait (Chetham Soc. n.s. lxxvii), 125. commr. sewers, Lancs. 1608; C181/2, f. 59. freeman, Preston, Lancs. by 1602, Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 54. Liverpool, Lancs. by 1617; G. Chandler, Liverpool under Jas. I, 201. member, Council in the Marches of Wales 1617. T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 21.

Member, Virg. Co. 1612. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 544.

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GERRARD, Sir Thomas, 1st Bt. (c.1560-1621), of Bryn, Lancs.
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GEE, William (?1565-1611), of York Minster Yard and Bishop Burton, Yorks.

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bap. ?16 Sept. 1565, Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, p. 308. No fa. is given, and this could be a child of his uncle, John Gee, but the latter’s will [Borthwick, Reg. Test. 24, f. 525] mentions no son of this name. 1st s. of William Gee, merchant and alderman of Hull, Yorks. and Elizabeth, da. of Walter Jobson†, merchant and alderman of Hull.Hull RO, Bench Bk. 4, ff. 25, 44v, 216v, 229v, 356v. educ. ?St. John’s, Camb. 1577; Furnival’s Inn; L. Inn 1580, called 1589.Al. Cant. (W. Gee/Jee); LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 11. m. (1) by 1591, Thomasine (bur. 24 Dec. 1599), da. of Matthew Hutton, abp. of York 1595-1606, 5s. d.v.p. 2da. (1 d.v.p.); St. Michael-le-Belfry, 66-7; Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 21-2. (2) settlement 4 July 1601, Mary (bur. 6 Sept. 1649), da. of Thomas Crompton† of Hounslow, Mdx. and Bennington, Herts. 5s. (1 d.v.p.), 3da. C142/332/165; Hull UL, DDGE/3/30a; Clay, Dugdale’s Vis Yorks. iii. 22. suc. fa. 1603; Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, p. 389. Kntd. 30 May 1604.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 132. d. 3 Dec. 1611. C142/332/165. sig. William Gee.
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J.p. co. Dur. c. 1592, 1608, Beverley liberty, Yorks. c. 1597 – d., Yorks. (E. Riding) by 1601 – d., Ripon liberty by 1601–d.; Hatfield House, ms 278; SP14/33; C181/1, ff. 7–8, 26; C181/2, f. 146; Add. 38139. commr. sewers, E. Riding and Hull 1597, 1603, 1604, subsidy, Hull 1598, 1608; Hull RO, M.101; C181/1, ff. 117, 153; E179/204/346, 349; SP14/31/1. member, High Commission, York prov. 1599, 1604; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 1, pp. 224–5; HMC Hatfield, xv. 394. sec. and kpr. of signet, Council in the North (jt.) 1604 – 09, (sole) 1609–d.;C66/1643, 1814. commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1606 – d., aid, E. Riding and Hull 1609. C181/2, ff. 23, 29, 117; SP14/43/107.

Steward, reader’s dinner, L. Inn, Lent 1595; LI Black Bks. ii. 38, 40. recorder, Beverley 1597 – 1609, Hull 1598–d. Yorks. ERRO, BC/II/5/1, ff. 7v, 9; Hull RO, Bench Bk. 4, f. 321; Bench Bk. 5, f. 10.

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GEE, William (?1565-1611), of York Minster Yard and Bishop Burton, Yorks.
Main residences: York Minster YardSt. Michael-le-Belfry (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. i), 67.; Bishop Burton, Yorks.
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GARRARD (GARRETT), George (1579-at least 1650), of The Strand, Westminster; later of the Charterhouse, Clerkenwell, Mdx.

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bap. 9 Nov. 1579,Cent. Bucks. Stud. Dorney par. reg. 3rd s. of Sir William Garrard (d.1607) VCH Bucks. iii. 223. of Dorney Court, Bucks. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Rowe, Merchant Taylor, of Hackney, Mdx., ld. mayor of London 1568-9. Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 61; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. i), 5. educ. Merton, Oxf. 1594, BA 1597, MA 1603, incorp. Camb. 1607. Al. Ox. m. lic. 3 May 1625, London Mar. Lics. ed. J. Foster, 528. Elizabeth (d. by 1635), CSP Dom. 1635, p. 384. da. of Thomas Swallow, yeoman, of Saffron Walden, Essex, 1s. PROB 11/107, f. 31; PROB 11/243, ff. 326v-7. Ordained 1635. CSP Dom. 1635, p. 384. d. aft. 1650. PROB 11/243, f. 327.
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Fell. of Merton 1598–1610; Reg. Annal. Coll. Merton ed. J.M. Fletcher (Oxf. Hist. Soc. n.s. xxiv), 327; master of the London Charterhouse 1638–50; C115/108/8623; Strafforde Letters ed. W. Knowler (1739), i. 361; ii. 152; R. Smythe, Hist. Charterhouse (1808), p. 236. j.p. Mdx. 1638; C231/5, p. 318. commr. piracy, London 1639, C181/5, f. 131. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 1639–44. C181/5, ff. 131, 213v, 231v.

Gent. of the Privy Chamber extraordinary to Prince Henry 1610–12; Harl. 642, f. 241; (Anon.) Govt. of Royal Household (1790), p. 324. servant to William Cecil*, 2nd earl of Salisbury 1614–?28, SP14/64/68. to Algernon Percy*, Lord Percy ?1628 – 35, chaplain 1635–8. A.J. Taylor, ‘Royal Visit to Oxf. 1636’, Oxoniensia, i. 151.

Member, Virg. Co. 1612. A. Brown, Genesis of US, ii. 546.

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GARRARD (GARRETT), George (1579-at least 1650), of The Strand, Westminster; later of the Charterhouse, Clerkenwell, Mdx.
Main residences: The Strand, Westminster; the Charterhouse, Clerkenwell, Mdx.
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