GARRARD, George (1579-?1654), of the Charterhouse, Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Family and Education

bap. 9 Nov. 1579, 3rd s. of Sir William Garrard (d. 1607) of Dorney Court, Bucks. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Rowe, Merchant Taylor, of Hackney, Mdx.Dorney par. reg.; Vis. London 1568 (Harl. Soc. i), 5; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 61. educ. Merton, Oxf. 8 Nov. 1594, BA 19 Oct. 1597, MA 22 Feb. 1603; incorp. Camb. 1607.Al. Ox. m. lic. 3 May 1625, Elizabeth (bur. 8 Mar. 1626), da. of Thomas Swallow of Saffron Walden, Essex, 1s.London Marriage Lics. ed. Foster, 528; Strafforde Letters, i. 361; St Andrew, Enfield, Mdx. par. reg. d. betw. Dec. 1650-13 Jan. 1655.[R. Smythe], Historical Account of Charter-House (1808), 236; PROB11/243/122.

Offices Held

Academic: fell. Merton, Sept. 1598–7 Aug. 1610.Reg. Annalium Collegii Mertonensis 1567–1603, ed. J.M. Fletcher (Oxf. Hist. Soc. n.s. xxiv), 327; Reg. Annalium Collegii Mertonensis 1603–1660, ed. R. Darwall-Smith (Oxf. Hist. Soc. n.s. xli), 60. Master, London Charterhouse, 15 Mar. 1638-bef. 9 Dec. 1650.Hist. Acct. of Charter-House, 236; Strafforde Letters, ii. 152–3.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, to Prince Henry, 1610–12.Harl. 642, f. 241; [anon.] A Collection of Ordinances for the Government of the Royal Household (1790), 324.

Mercantile: member, Virg. Co. 1612.HP Commons 1604–1629.

Household: servant to William Cecil*, 2nd earl of Salisbury, 1614–?aft. 1634;SP14/64/68; ‘George Garrard’, HP Commons 1604–1629. to Algernon Percy†, 4th earl of Northumberland, ?1629-Mar. 1638.Strafforde Letters, i. passim; ii. 1–153.

Religious: ordained deacon, 30 Sept. 1635.Strafforde Letters, i. 469.

Local: j.p. Mdx. 14 Dec. 1638–?Coventry Docquets, 76. Commr. piracy, London, Mdx., Essex, Kent and Surr. 1639;C181/5, f. 131. oyer and terminer, 30 Nov. 1641-aft. Jan. 1644;C181/5, ff. 213v, 231v. sewers, London 15 Dec. 1645.C181/5, f. 266v.

Parlimentarian

GARRARD (GARRETT), George (1579-at least 1650), of The Strand, Westminster; later of the Charterhouse, Clerkenwell, Mdx.

: of the Charterhouse, Mdx., Clerkenwell.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

GARRARD, George (1579-?1654), of the Charterhouse, Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Will

14 Apr. 1645, pr. 13 Jan. 1655.PROB11/243/122.

Estates

inherited 1607, lease of crown manor of Clewer Brocas, Berks. and £100 portion;PROB11/110/506; HP Commons 1604-1629. 1632, £500 debt due from Henry Percy, 3rd earl of Northumberland;The Household Papers of Henry Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland ed. G.R. Batho (Cam. Soc. 3rd ser. xciii), 132, 166. Mar. 1638-?Dec. 1650, £100 p.a. and lodgings from Charterhouse; £80 p.a. pension thereafter.Strafforde Letters, i. 361; Hist. Acct. of Charter-House, 236.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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