Sir Thomas Gerard

Birth: ABT 1459 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 b: ABT 1463 in Speke, Lancashire, England Married: ABT 1483 in Ince, Lancashire, England Children

1. William Gerard b: ABT 1484 in Ince, Lancashire, England

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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 __________________________