Clerk of council, duchy of Lancaster 1609 – 40; treas. at war 1642 – 45; commr. for W. Indies plantations 1643; member, committee of both kingdoms 1644 – 48; commr. for regulating excise 1645; trustee for the Elector Palatine 1645; commr. for abuses in heraldry 1646, exclusion from sacrament 1646, indemnity 1647 – 49, compounding 1647, managing assessment 1647, scandalous offences 1648; chancellor, duchy of Lancaster 1648 – July 1649, Mar. – July 1660; commr. for trade 1655 – 57; treasurer, relief of Piedmontese Protestants 1656; commr. for statutes, Durham College 1656, appeals, survey of forests 1657; Councillor of State 25 Feb. – 31 May 1660; gent. of privy chamber June 1660 – d.; commr. for maimed soldiers Dec. 1660–1; dep.-gov. Bermuda Co. 1661–d.
J.p. Mdx. 1615 – bef.40, 1652 – d.; sheriff, Bucks. 1626 – 27; commr. for assessment Mdx. 1643 – 48, Aug. 1660–9, Bucks. 1644, 1647 – 48, sequestration, Mdx. 1643, levying of money 1643, volunteers 1643, maintenance of army, 1644, execution of ordinances, Bucks. 1644, defence Mdx. 1644, new model ordinance 1645, Westminster Abbey 1645, appeals, Oxf. Univ. 1647, militia, Bucks., Mdx. and Tower Hamlets 1648, Tower Hamlets and Westminster Mar. 1660, commr. of oyer and terminer Mdx. 1653 – 54, custos rot. Mar. – July 1660; commr. for sewers, Westminster Aug. 1660.
GERARD, Sir Gilbert (1587-1670)