Thomas Gerard (abt. 1511 - bef. 1560)

Born about 1511 in Bryn, Ashton-In-Makerfield, Lancashire, England

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Died before 1560 before about age 49 in Brindle, Rainhill, Windle, Windleshaw, Lancashire, England

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Biography

This profile is part of the Gerard Name Study.

Thomas Gerard was born in Lancashire, England.

Sir Thomas Gerard, Sheriff of Lancashire, was born about 1511 at of Bryn, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, England to Thomas Gerard and Margaret Trafford. Thomas was only eleven years of age at his father's death^[1] He married Jane (Joan) Legh, daughter of Sir Peter Legh of Lyme, Esq. Thomas and Jane (Joan) seperated,^[2] before 1522. They had one son (Sir Thomas) and a daughter (Katherine, wife of William Torbock, Esq.). Katherine wasn't listed in her mothers will. (see Jane's will below) He also had several illegitimate children^{[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}Sir Thomas Gerard, Sheriff of Lancashire died between 1553 and 1560 at of Brindle, Rainhill, Windle, & Windleshaw, Lancashire, England.^[10][11][12]

Research

In 1533 he 'would not be spoken with' by the herald^[13]

Knight Made a knight in 1544 during the invasion of Scotland^[14][1]

illegitimate children

He appears to have had several illegitimate children, of whom one, Thomas, was employed as trustee. Another Thomas Gerard, contemporary with these, was the natural son of William Gerard.

Jane's will Her will, in which she is described as Dame Jane Gerard of Bromley, is printed from the Lyme deeds in Wills ^[15] she makes bequests to her son, Sir Thomas Gerard and his wife Elizabeth, and to her brother Sir P. Legh.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} 'Townships: Ashton', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1911), pp. 142-148.
2. ↑ Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxii, 170; Ormerod, Ches. (ed. Helsby), iii, 677
3. ↑ Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 444.
4. ↑ Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 250.
5. ↑ Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 14-15
6. ↑ Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 127
7. ↑ Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 84
8. ↑ Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 556
9. ↑ Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 26
10. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 444.
11. ↑ Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 14-15
12. ↑ Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 556
13. ↑ Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 182
14. ↑ Metcalfe, Bk. of Knights, 78
15. ↑ Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches., 78

• Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: A study in Colonial and Medieval Families in unknown series (1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 2004).
• Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families in unknown series (2; n.p.: n.pub., 2011).
• Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families in unknown series (n.p.: n.pub., 2013).

Acknowledgements

• Michelle Hartley