GERARD, Gilbert I (c.1618-83), of Gray’s Inn and Harrow-on-the-Hill, Mdx.

Clerk of council, duchy of Lancaster 1640 – 53, 1655 – d.; commr. for alienations 1656, forest appeals 1657, maimed soldiers Dec. 1660–1.Sir Robert Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders, 30; information from Prof. G. E. Aylmer; CJ, viii. 213; Carlisle, Privy Chamber, 166.

Commr. for volunteers, Mdx. 1644, militia 1644, Mar. 1660, assessment, Mdx. and Westminster 1647 – 48, Aug. 1660–1, Mdx. 1663 – 80, duchy of Lancaster 1663 – 64; j.p. Westminster July 1660–6, commr. for sewers Aug. 1660; conservator, Bedford level 1663 – 67, 1668 – 70, 1673 – d., bailiff 1667–8.C181/7/38; S. Wells, Drainage of Bedford Level, i. 456–63.