HERON, Sir Gerard (d.1404), of Twizell, Northumb. and Eppleton, co. Dur.

Commr. to arrest persons exporting wool to Scotland May 1380;Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson etc. ii. 22. array the men of Sir Henry Percy at Berwick-upon-Tweed Nov., Dec. 1385;Ibid. 76, 78. execute statutes for the preservation of salmon, Northumb. Jan. 1386; receive ransom money from Robert II and Robert III of Scotland Dec. 1389, Mar. 1391;Ibid. 102, 110. of inquiry, Northumb. Mar. 1392 (evasion of customs), Dec. 1392 (repair of defences at Bamburgh castle), Mar. 1393 (suicide), July 1393 (water supply at Bamburgh), Apr., Nov. 1396 (defences at Berwick-upon-Tweed and Roxburgh),Ibid. 131. July 1396 (concealments and evasions), Nov. 1396 (smuggling into Scotland),Cal. Scots. Docs. iv. no. 572. June 1399, July 1401 (estates of John del Chamber), Aug. 1403 (possessions forfeit from Sir Henry Percy); array Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, Aug., Sept. 1403; oyer and terminer Nov. 1392 (evasion of customs); to prevent forestalling of wool supplies Mar. 1393; survey the estates forfeited by the Lords Appellant of 1388, Cumb., Northumb., Westmld., Yorks. Oct. 1397; prevent the spread of treasonous rumours, Northumb. May 1402; take oaths of loyalty to the Crown Aug. 1403.

Constable of Norham castle and steward, sheriff, escheator and c.j. of the bp. of Durham’s liberty of Norhamshire and Islandshire, Northumb. 14 Apr. 1385 – 20 Dec. 1395; justice of special assize, Norhamshire and Islandshire c.1389.Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), ix (7), 232; DKR, xxxiii. 63.

Envoy to Scotland on various diplomatic missions 3 July, 2 Oct., 18 Dec. 1389, 1 Mar., 27 May-28 June, Dec. 1390, 12 Mar., 27 June, 13 July 1391, 26 Jan., 30 May, 20 July, 15 Nov. 1392, 27 June, 22 Aug., 26 Oct. 1393, 9 Feb., 20–27 Aug. 1394, 12 Feb., 6 May 1395, 16 Mar., 22 Sept. 1398, 14 Jan., 22 Oct. 1399, 7 Aug., 4 Dec. 1400, 18 Mar., 10 Apr., 1–28 Sept. 1401, 6 Aug. 1403.Rot. Scot. ii. 98, 101, 103–5, 107–9, 112, 115–18, 121–3, 125–7, 142, 146, 151, 155–6, 159, 164; Cal. Scots. Docs. iv. nos. 396, 409, 502, 554, 589; PPC, i. 27, 33; CPR, 1399–1401, p. 351; Dip. Corresp. Ric. II (Cam. Soc. ser. 3, xlviii), nos. 167, 179; Letters Hen. IV, i. 15, 61–64.

Chancellor and chamberlain of Berwick-upon-Tweed 4 Dec. 1391–d. Rot. Scot. ii. 113; Cal. Scots. Docs. (supp.) v. nos. 909, 916.

Supervisor of murage and pontage, Berwick-upon-Tweed and Roxburgh 2 Mar. 1392.Rot. Scot. ii. 115.

J.p. Northumb. 12 Nov. 1397–1403.

Collector of customs and subsidies, Berwick-upon-Tweed 9 Dec. 1397–6 Dec. 1403.