GERARD, William I (d.1581), of Chester Ireland.

Family and Education

s. of Gilbert Gerard of Ince, Lancs. by Eleanor, da. of William Davison, alderman of Chester. educ. G. Inn 1543, called 1546, ancient 1552. m. Dorothy, da. of Andrew Barton of Smithhills, Lancs., sis. of Ralph Barton, 2s. inc. Gilbert 4da. Kntd. in Ireland 1579.

Offices Held

Queen’s attorney in Wales and the marches 1554 – 59; recorder, Chester from c.1555–74/5; j.p. Cheshire by 1555, Glos. and Herefs. 1559; justice in Wales, Brec. circuit, 1559; member, council in the marches of Wales c. 1560; vice-justice of Chester 1561; vice-president of council in the marches 1562; ld. chancellor of Ireland and dean of St. Patrick’s 1576; master of requests 1579.Flower’s Vis. Lancs. ed. Raines (Chetham Soc. lxxxi), 21, 81; Ormerod, Cheshire , i. 194–5, 221; CPR , 1553–4, pp. 269–70; 1558–60, p. 28; P. H. Williams, Council in Marches of Wales, 348–9; DNB; CSP Dom. 1547–80, pp. 200, 522, 637; CSP Ire. 1574–85, p. 91; Holinshed, Chronicle (1807–8), vi. 421; J. R. O’Flanagan, Ld. Chancellors of Ireland, i. 289.

Parlimentarian

GERARD, William II (by 1529-81), of Chester, Cheshire.

Main residences: Chester; Ireland, [I].

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

GERARD, William I (-d.1581)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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