GERARD, Francis (1617-80), of Harrow-on-the-Hill, Mdx.

Family and Education

bap. 12 Oct. 1617, 1st s. of Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st bt.*, and bro. of Gilbert†.Harrow Reg. i. 175. educ. G. Inn 9 May 1625;G. Inn Admiss. 176. St Catharine’s, Camb. Easter 1632;Al. Cant. travelled abroad July 1638-bef. Feb. 1641.PC Reg. iii. 327. m. c.1648, Isabel (d. 1670), da. of Thomas Cheke* of Pirgo, Havering, Essex, 3s. Kntd. 8 June 1660. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 6 Jan. 1670. d. Dec. 1680.CB.

Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Mdx. 15 Oct. 1645, 31 Jan. 1654-aft. Feb. 1657;C181/5, f. 262v; C181/6, pp. 5, 200. Mdx. and Westminster 17, 31 Aug. 1660, 28 Jan. 1673;C181/7, pp. 29, 37, 633. assessment, Mdx. and Westminster 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Westminster 26 Jan. 1660; Mdx. 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; SR; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, Mdx. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Tower Hamlets, Westminster 12 Mar. 1660. 1658 – July 1660A. and O. J.p. Mdx., 1667–d.C231/6–7. Commr. poll tax, Mdx., Westminster 1660; loyal and indigent officers, Mdx. 1662; subsidy, 1663; SR. oyer and terminer, 1 Oct. 1669-aft. Sept. 1671.C181/7, pp. 509, 589.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ vii. 593a. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659;CJ viii. 213. maimed soldiers, Dec. 1660–1.CJ viii. 213.

Parlimentarian

GERARD, Francis (1617-80), of Clement’s Inn, Mdx.

: of Harrow-on-the-Hill, Mdx.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

GERARD, Francis (1617-80), of Harrow-on-the-Hill, Mdx.

Will

Estates

inherited fa.’s estate, 1670.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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