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Sir Knight Thomas Gerard 1488 – 1568 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Jan 1488

Birth Location: Brynhill of Brindle, Choreley, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 12 Oct 1568

Death Location: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England- Died of his wounds after fighting the Scots at Berwick Scotland

Father: Sir Gerard

Mother: Lady Stanley

Spouse(s): Lady Trafford, Lady Grosvenor

Children(s): Joane Gerard, Joane Gerard

The story of Sir Knight Thomas Gerard , Lord of Kingsley, Bryn & Winwick, High Sheriff of Lancashire began in 1488 in Brynhill of Brindle, Choreley, Lancashire, England. Sir Knight Thomas Gerard , Lord of Kingsley, Bryn & Winwick, High Sheriff of Lancashire married Lady Margaret 'Margery' Trafford, Lady Joan Grosvenor, and had children including Joane Gerard, Joane Gerard. Sir Knight Thomas Gerard , Lord of Kingsley, Bryn & Winwick, High Sheriff of Lancashire passed away in 1568 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England- Died of his wounds after fighting the Scots at Berwick Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Knight Thomas Gerard , Lord of Kingsley, Bryn & Winwick, High Sheriff of Lancashire began in 1488 in Brynhill of Brindle, Choreley, Lancashire, England.
  • Sir Knight Thomas Gerard , Lord of Kingsley, Bryn & Winwick, High Sheriff of Lancashire married Lady Margaret 'Margery' Trafford, Lady Joan Grosvenor, and had children including Joane Gerard, Joane Gerard.
  • Sir Knight Thomas Gerard , Lord of Kingsley, Bryn & Winwick, High Sheriff of Lancashire passed away in 1568 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England- Died of his wounds after fighting the Scots at Berwick Scotland.

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Sir Gerard's Ancestors

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Sir Gerard
1488 – 1568
Birth Place: Brynhill of Brindle, Choreley, Lancashire, England
Parents
Sir Knight Peter Gerard
1460 – 1494
Kingsley, Cheshire, England
Lady (Margaret Ann) Stanley
1462 – 1494
Hooton, Wirral, Chester, England
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas 'William') Stanley
1450 – 1512
Hooton Wirral, Cheshire, , England
Margaret Bromley
1443 – 1475
Badington, Chester, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Gerard's Descendants

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Sir (Knight Thomas) Gerard (9 Jan 1488 – 12 Oct 1568) m. Lady (Margaret 'Margery') Trafford (6 Jun 1490 – 10 May 1540) m. Lady (Joan) Grosvenor
  1. 1. Joane Gerard (1505 – 1542) m. Richard Donne (1500 – 1553)
    1. 1. Sir (Robert James) Doane (1528 – 1560) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Trafford (1518 – 1579)
      1. 1. Eleanor ('Ellen' James) Doane (8 Dec 1556 – 23 August 1590) m. Sir (John Hugh Bartholomew 'the elder') Doane (1535 – 24 Mar 1600)
        1. 1. Sir (Knight John "the Right Worshipful") Doane (1573 – abt 1629) m. Mary ((Marie)) Blysse (1578 – 18 Nov 1614) m. Lady (Dorothy) Wilbraham (Abt. 1572 – 1603)

Sir Gerard's Timeline

6 Records

1484
1484
Birth of Sir Knight Thomas Gerard , Lord of Kingsley, Bryn & Winwick, High Sheriff of Lancashire in Bryn, Lancs, England
Bryn, Lancs, England
1484
1484
Birth of Sir Knight Thomas Gerard , Lord of Kingsley, Bryn & Winwick, High Sheriff of Lancashire in Brynhill of Brindle, Chorley, Lancashire, England
Brynhill of Brindle, Chorley, Lancashire, England
1488
9 Jan 1488
Birth of Sir Knight Thomas Gerard , Lord of Kingsley, Bryn & Winwick, High Sheriff of Lancashire in Brynhill of Brindle, Choreley, Lancashire, England
Brynhill of Brindle, Choreley, Lancashire, England
1523
07 Nov 1523
Age 35
Death of Sir Knight Thomas Gerard , Lord of Kingsley, Bryn & Winwick, High Sheriff of Lancashire in Berwick, Scotland - Flodden Field, leading the Lancashire Archers
Berwick, Scotland - Flodden Field, leading the Lancashire Archers
1523
07 Nov 1523
Age 35
Death of Sir Knight Thomas Gerard , Lord of Kingsley, Bryn & Winwick, High Sheriff of Lancashire in Berwick, Scotland - Flodden Field, leading the Lancashire Archers
Berwick, Scotland - Flodden Field, leading the Lancashire Archers
1568
12 Oct 1568
Age 80
Death of Sir Knight Thomas Gerard , Lord of Kingsley, Bryn & Winwick, High Sheriff of Lancashire in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England- Died of his wounds after fighting the Scots at Berwick Scotland
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England- Died of his wounds after fighting the Scots at Berwick Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1484
    Event Place: Bryn, Lancs, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1484
    Event Place: Brynhill of Brindle, Chorley, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Jan 1488
    Event Place: Brynhill of Brindle, Choreley, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 07 Nov 1523
    Event Place: Berwick, Scotland - Flodden Field, leading the Lancashire Archers

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 07 Nov 1523
    Event Place: Berwick, Scotland - Flodden Field, leading the Lancashire Archers
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Oct 1568
    Event Place: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England- Died of his wounds after fighting the Scots at Berwick Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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