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Sir William "Lord Chanceller of Ireland" Gerard 1524–1581 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1524

Birth Location: Newhall, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 1 May 1581

Death Location: Newhall, Derbyshire, England

Father: Thomas KnightEsq

Mother: Margaret Lady

Spouse(s): Constanse Roeson

Children(s): Elizabeth Limer, Catherine Gerard, Thomas SR, Lady Gerrard, William Gerard, Mary Gerrard, Michael Gerrard, Dorothy Gerrard, Mary Gerard, Dame Gerrard, Ann Collamore, Richard Collamore, John Collamore, Alice Collamer, Robert Collamore, Hugh Collamore, William Collamore, Peter Collamore, Wilmot Collamore, Henry Collamore, Thomas Garrett

Sir William "Lord Chanceller of Ireland" Gerard was born in 1524 in Newhall, Lancashire, England, the child of Thomas Gerard Lord Of Kingsley Bryn Amp Winwick High Sheriff Of Lancashire Led Lancashire Archers At Flodden Field 1513 Sir Knightesq And Margaret Margery Trafford Lady. Sir William "Lord Chanceller of Ireland" Gerard married Constanse Page Roeson, Mary, and had children including Alice Collamer, Ann Collamore, Catherine Gerard, Dame Anne Gerrard, Dorothy Gerard Gerrard, Elizabeth Agnes Limer, Henry Collamore, Hugh Collamore, John Collamore, Lady Sydney Gerrard, Mary Elizabeth Gerard, Mary Elizabeth Gerrard, Michael Spencer Gerrard, Peter Collamore, Richard Collamore, Robert Collamore, Thomas Gerard Sr, Thomas Girrard Garrett, William Collamore, William Ii Gerard, Wilmot Collamore. Sir William "Lord Chanceller of Ireland" Gerard passed away in 1581 in Newhall, Derbyshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir William "Lord Chanceller of Ireland" Gerard was born in 1524 in Newhall, Lancashire, England, the child of Thomas Gerard Lord Of Kingsley Bryn Amp Winwick High Sheriff Of Lancashire Led Lancashire Archers At Flodden Field 1513 Sir Knightesq And Margaret Margery Trafford Lady.
  • Sir William "Lord Chanceller of Ireland" Gerard married Constanse Page Roeson, Mary, and had children including Alice Collamer, Ann Collamore, Catherine Gerard, Dame Anne Gerrard, Dorothy Gerard Gerrard, Elizabeth Agnes Limer, Henry Collamore, Hugh Collamore, John Collamore, Lady Sydney Gerrard, Mary Elizabeth Gerard, Mary Elizabeth Gerrard, Michael Spencer Gerrard, Peter Collamore, Richard Collamore, Robert Collamore, Thomas Gerard Sr, Thomas Girrard Garrett, William Collamore, William Ii Gerard, Wilmot Collamore.
  • Sir William "Lord Chanceller of Ireland" Gerard passed away in 1581 in Newhall, Derbyshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas KnightEsq
1488–1523
Birth Location: Brynhill of Brindle, Choreley, Lancashire, England
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Margaret Lady
1490–1540
Birth Location: Wimbolds Trafford, Lancashire OR Cheshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Constanse Roeson
1520–1585
Birth Location: Stringston, Somerset, England
CR

Children(s)

Elizabeth Limer
1540–1599
Birth Location: (of), Edworth, Bedfordshire, England
EL
Catherine Gerard
1545–1618
Birth Location: England
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Thomas SR
1550–1603
Birth Location: 1658044, Cheshire, England
TS
Lady Gerrard
1554–1632
Birth Location: Llarwwst, Wales
LG
William Gerard
1538–1630
Birth Location: Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales
WG
Mary Gerrard
1542–1618
Birth Location: Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales
MG
Michael Gerrard
1540–1599
Birth Location: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
MG
Dorothy Gerrard
1548–1626
Birth Location: London, London, England
DG
Mary Gerard
1565–1618
Birth Location: Trent, Dorset, , England
MG
Dame Gerrard
1545–1599
Birth Location: Ponty Pool, Monmouthshire, Wales
DG
Ann Collamore
1530–1561
Birth Location: Edworth, Bedfordshire, England
AC
Richard Collamore
1528–1549
Birth Location: England
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John Collamore
1535–1605
Birth Location: Edworth, Bedfordshire, England
JC
Alice Collamer
1543–1598
Birth Location: Braunton, Devon, England
AC
Robert Collamore
1550–1596
Birth Location: Braunton, Devon, England
RC
Hugh Collamore
1549–1549
Birth Location: Braunton, Devon, , England
HC
William Collamore
1545–1596
Birth Location: Brauton Devonshire England
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Peter Collamore
1533–1596
Birth Location: Braunton, Devonshire, England
PC
Wilmot Collamore
1547–1599
Birth Location: Devon, England
WC
Henry Collamore
1541–1625
Birth Location: Devon, England
HC
Thomas Garrett
1550–1628
Birth Location: 1658044, Cheshire, England
TG

Sir Gerard's Ancestors

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Sir Gerard
1524–1581
Birth Place: Newhall, Lancashire, England
Parents
Thomas Gerard, Lord of Kingsley, Bryn & Winwick, High Sheriff of Lancashire, Led Lancashire Archers at Flodden Field 1513, Sir KnightEsq
1488–1523
Brynhill of Brindle, Choreley, Lancashire, England
Margaret ("Margery" Trafford,) Lady
1490–1540
Wimbolds Trafford, Lancashire OR Cheshire, England
Grandparents
Margaret Gerard
1462–1506
Hooton, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
Sir (Edmund Trafford) III
1500–1533
Trafford, Lancashire, England
Margaret (Savage) Lady
1490–1946
Trafford, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Trafford
1430–1513
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Gerard's Descendants

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Sir (William "Lord Chanceller of Ireland") Gerard (1524–1 May 1581) m. Constanse (Page) Roeson (1520–26 Feb 1585)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Agnes) Limer 1540–1599 m. Michael Spencer 1531–1599
    1. 1. Gerard (Spencer of Stotfold* Husband of Alice Whitebread Father of four Immigrant Sons to New England) 'angnor 1576–1645 m. Alice (Whitbred Whitebread-aka-Whitbred of) Maulden* 1578–1628 m. Hannah (Joannis) Hills 1618–1692 m. hannah 1577–1627
      1. 1. Sargent (Thomas, Cabinet maker, Spencer of Stotford* Sergeant Widower of Ann Dorryfall Husband of Sarah Bearding Pequot War Co-Founder Hartford Puritan Immigrant to Mass) 'angnoram 1607–1687 m. Anne (Derifield) Spencer 1610–1644 m. Sarah (Bearding of) Lincolnshire* 1623–1685
        1. 1. Capt. (Thomas Spencer II ( of) Hartford) 1641–1689 m. Esther Andrews 1641–1698
        2. 2. Obadiah Spencer 1639–1712
        3. 3. Samuel (Spencer of) Hartford 1643–1727
        4. 4. Obadiah (Spencer of) Hartford 1635–1712
        5. 5. Samuel (Spencer of Hartford Husband of Sarah LNU) 'angnoram 1638–1726
        6. 6. Elizabeth (Spencer of Hartford Mrs Andrews of Hartford) 'angnoram 1648–1712
        7. 7. Jared Spencer 1646–1702
        8. 8. Hannah Spencer 1653–1690
        9. 9. Hannah (Spencer of Hartford Widow Sexton Mrs Brainerd) 'angnoram 1653–1715
        10. 10. Martha (Spencer of Hartford Mrs Benton) 'angnoram 1657–1703
        11. 11. Mary (Spencer of Hartford Mrs Root of Farmington) 'angnoram 1655–1690
        12. 12. Sarah (Spencer of Hartford* wife of Thomas Huxley of Hartford Tavernist) 'angnoram 1646–1712
        13. 13. Jerard (Spencer of Hartford Husband of Hannah Pratt) 'angnoram 1650–1712
        14. 14. Elizabeth (Spencer) Andrews 1648–1700
        15. 15. Thomas SPENCER 1640–1689
        16. 16. Gerard Spencer 1646–1701
        17. 17. John Spencer 1636–1682
        18. 18. Hannah Spencer 1641–1691
        19. 19. Mehitable Spencer 1642–1706
        20. 20. Samuel Spencer 1644–1705
        21. 21. Elizabeth SPENCER 1630–1712
        22. 22. Martha SPENCER 1630–1703
        23. 23. Jared SPENCER 1640–1702
      2. 2. Gerard Spencer 1614–1685
      3. 3. William Spencer 1612–1640
      4. 4. Michael (Spencer (West)) II 1611–1653
      5. 5. Elizabeth (Spencer) Tomlins 1602–1645
      6. 6. Timothy Spencer 1616–1704
      7. 7. Rachel Spencer 1602–1609
      8. 8. Alice Spencer 1616–1617
      9. 9. Nicholas ((Richard)) Spencer 1609–1610
      10. 10. John Spencer 1604–1684
      11. 11. Henry Spencer 1604–1607
    2. 2. Anne (Spencer) Giles 1560–1620
    3. 3. Alice Spencer –1729
  2. 2. Catherine Gerard 1545–1618
  3. 3. Thomas (Gerard) SR 1550–1603
  4. 4. Lady (Sydney) Gerrard 1554–1632
  5. 5. William (II) Gerard 1538–1630
  6. 6. Mary (Elizabeth) Gerrard 1542–1618
  7. 7. Michael (Spencer) Gerrard 1540–1599
  8. 8. Dorothy (Gerard) Gerrard 1548–1626
  9. 9. Mary (Elizabeth) Gerard 1565–1618
  10. 10. Dame (Anne) Gerrard 1545–1599
  11. 11. Ann Collamore 1530–1561
  12. 12. Richard Collamore 1528–1549
  13. 13. John Collamore 1535–1605
  14. 14. Alice Collamer 1543–1598
  15. 15. Robert Collamore 1550–1596
  16. 16. Hugh Collamore 1549–1549
  17. 17. William Collamore 1545–1596
  18. 18. Peter Collamore 1533–1596
  19. 19. Wilmot Collamore 1547–1599
  20. 20. Henry Collamore 1541–1625
  21. 21. Thomas (Girrard) Garrett 1550–1628

Sir Gerard's Timeline

2 Records

1524
1524
Birth of Sir William "Lord Chanceller of Ireland" Gerard in Newhall, Lancashire, England
Newhall, Lancashire, England
1581
1 May 1581
Age 57
Death of Sir William "Lord Chanceller of Ireland" Gerard in Newhall, Derbyshire, England
Newhall, Derbyshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1524
    Event Place: Newhall, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Bryn
    Record Source: Burke’s Family Records (Indexed)

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 May 1581
    Event Place: Newhall, Derbyshire, England
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