Thomas Gerard

• Birth: in Ince, Lancashire, England
• Father: William Gerard b: ABT 1415 in Ince, Lancashire, England
• Mother: Cecily Standish in Standish, Lancashire, England
• Marriage 1 Elizabeth Norreys in Speke, Lancashire, England Married: ABT 1448 in Ince, Lancashire, England

Children

1. William Gerard b: abt 1459 in Ince, Lancashire, England. Married Elizabeth Byron.

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• Thomas Gerard1
• M, #61166, b. circa 1465
• Father William Gerard b. c 1415
• Mother Cecily Standish b. c 1441
• Thomas Gerard was born circa 1465 at of Ince, Lancashire, England.1 He married Elizabeth Norreys, daughter of William Norreys and Elizabeth (Perceval) Harrington, circa 1483.1
• Family Elizabeth Norreys
• Citations
• 1.[S11579] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. I, by John Burke, Esq.,, p. 311.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2035.htm#... _________________________
• The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster; (1906)
• https://archive.org/details/cu31924088434554
• https://archive.org/stream/cu31924088434554#page/n181/mode/1up
• Pg.134
• Of Sir John le Norreys, the next lord of Speke, but little is known. In 1369 he granted to feoffees his manor of Speke, together with lands in Garston, Hale, Woolton, Walton, Ince, and Lydiate.(4) He died about three years afterwards, leaving a widow and three young children — Henry, Katherine, and Agnes. In November, 1372, an agreement was entered into by Cecily his widow with Nicholas le Norreys of Halsnead,(5) and Gilbert le Norreys, coroner, with regard to the children. She was to be responsible for their living and clothing, such as belonged to their estate, for the next twelve years, and to make suitable provision for each of them when they were married.(6) But as already stated Roger Erneys, as superior lord, quickly intervened,(7) and in 1379 released to Cecily and her second husband the custody of the heir. At this time Henry was still under age, and the daughter Agnes is not mentioned.
• Except for the dispute with John Ie Norreys, related in a note, Sir Henry's tenure seems to have been undisturbed. By his marriage with Alice Erneys he became lord of the manor.(8) In 1416 he made provision for his son William on his marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James de Harrington.(9)
• William, son and heir of Sir Henry, succeeded about 1431.(10) A grant of land was made by him in 1433-4, and he occurs in 1453 in a bond for L40 from William Gerard.(11) He had a large family, and was succeeded by his son Thomas, who married a distant cousin Lettice,(12) daughter and heir of Thomas Norris of West Derby ; by her he had six (or seven) sons and five daughters.(13)' He died in 1487-8, seised of a messuage and land in West Derby, of four oxgangs and other land in Formby, also of the manor of Speke and land, meadow, wood, heath, and pasture in Speke, but the jurors at the inquest did not know of whom he held the same. William Norris, his son and heir, was then twenty-eight years of age.(14)
• Sir William Norris, the successor, must therefore have been born about 1459. His knighthood appears to date from 1487, after the battle of Stoke, in which .... etc.
  • (11) Norris D. (M.B.), 611, 615. In 1458 a marriage was arranged between his daughter Elizabeth and Thomas son and heir-apparent of William Gerard of Ince, for which a despensation had been obtained as early as 1449, the parties being related in the third degree; ibid. 643-5.
  • .... etc. ___________________________________________
• 'Gerard02'
• John Gerard
• m. Ellin Ince (dau/heir of Richard de Ince of Ince)
  • 1. William Gerard of Ince, Lancashire
  • m. Cicely Standish (dau of Lawrence Standish of Standish)
    • A. Thomas Gerard of Ince
    • m. Elizabeth Norres (dau of William Norres of the Speake)
      • i. William Gerard of Ince
      • m. Elizabeth Byron (dau of Sir John Byron (Biron of Biron))
        • a. ..... etc.
• Main source(s): Mundy's 'Middlesex Pedigrees' (Armytage, 1914, 'Gerard of Flamberds in Harrow') with input/support as reported above
• From: Stirnet.com
• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/gg/gerard02.php __________________________
• 'Norris01'
• William Norreys of Speke - continued above
• Commoners identifies William's wife as Perceval, dau of John Harrington of Westby. Ormerod confirms that that is how Visitation (Cheshire, 1567) names her but identifies her as ...
• m. Elizabeth Harrington (dau of Sir James Harrington)
  • 1. Thomas Norreys of Speke (d 1487-8)
  • m. Lettice Norreys (dau of Thomas Norreys of Derby)
    • A. .... etc.
  • 4. Elizabeth Norreys
  • m. Thomas Gerard of Ince
  • 5. Margaret Norreys .... etc.
• Main source(s):
• (1) For upper section (uploaded 09.12.03, revised 19.12.06) : BP1934 (Abingdon), George Ormerod's 'Miscellanea Palatina' (see below, pedigrees on 'Le Noreis or Norreys of Sutton and Daresbury' and 'Norres of Speke')
• (2) For lower section (uploaded 29.10.06, revised 19.12.06) : George Ormerod's 'Miscellanea Palatina' (1851, 'consisting of Genealogical Essays illustrative of Cheshire and Lancashire Families and of a Memoir on The Cheshire Domesday Roll', the pedigrees on 'Norres of Speke' appear to be based on Visitation (Cheshire, 1567+1664) with corrections) with thanks to a site visitor (AG, 18.12.06) for bringing this to our attention, with some support from BEB1841 (Norreys of Speke) and support/input from Commoners (vol i, Norreys of Davyhulme Hall)
• From: Stirnet.com
• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/nn/norris01.php

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References

1. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d... (dead link)
2. http://fabpedigree.com/s028/f433853.htm
3. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=cbramsey&... (dead link)
4. http://www.berkshirehistory.com/gentry/database/pedigree2.htm#2.IND... (dead link)
5. https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2036.htm... cites
   1. [S11579] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. I, by John Burke, Esq.,, p. 311. < Archive.Org > Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Gerard, esq. of Ince.
6. https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00692634&tree=LEO cites
   1. [S01214] Harleian Society Publications Visitation series . 65:19
   2. [S04083] Baines, Edward, History of the County and Palatine Duchy of Lancashire, 3rd ed. 1889 . 4:375
   3. [S04531] Foster, Joseph, Pedigrees of the County Families of Lancashire .80
7. https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/genealogy/aqwg936.htm#23929 Sir Thomas GERARD Knight [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was born 1436 in Ince, Lancashire, England. He married 6 Elizabeth NORREYS on 1448 in Ince, Lancashire, England. cites:
   1. 1Norris, Steven D., The "le Norreys" Family in England from 1135 to 1650.
   2. 2Baines, Edward, The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster (Manchester, England: John Heywood, 1888-1893.), 3:754, Family History Library, 942.72 H2bai.
   3. 3Burke, John, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland (London: H. Colburn, 1835-38.), 1:311, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.725 B959-1 1835-1838.
   4. 4Farrer, William, The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster (London: A. Constable, 1906.), 4:103, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 942.72 V645 folio.
   5. 5Mundy, Richard, Middlesex Pedigrees (London: Harleian Society, 1914. FHL BRITISH Film #162,073.), p. 19, Family History Library.
   6. 6Farrer, W., VCH of Lancaster, 4:103.