Gilbert van Sudbury, Lord Gerard

1534 - 1592  (58 years)

• Name	Gilbert van Sudbury  [1, 2]
  Title	Lord Gerard
  Birth	1534	Lancastershire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Feb 1592	Staffordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Burial	Staffordshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I6064	footsteps | Enoch, GuyBuckman, Pat
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	James van Ince, Lord Gerard ,   b. 1500, Lancastershire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaretha Holcroft,   b. 1510   d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Ratcliffe,   b. 1538, Lancastershire, England d. 1572, Staffordshire, England (Age 34 years)
  Children	+ 1. Frances Gerard,   b. 1569, Merseyside, England d. 19 Feb 1620, Merseyside, England (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F76	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Gilbert Gerard was the ancestor of the Gerards, Lords Gerard, of Bromley, the Earls of Macclesfield, and the Gerards, of Fiskerton. Gilbert was a prominent lawyer, politician, and landowner of the Tudor period. He was returned six times as a member of the English parliament for four different constituencies. He was Attorney-General for more than twenty years during the reign of Elizabeth I, as well as vice-chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and later served as Master of the Rolls. He acquired large estates, mainly in Lancashire and Staffordshire.

  
  

• Sources

  [S187] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests o f A l i e n A rrivals in the Seattle, Washington District; NAI: 2953576; Rec or d G r o u p Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1 7 8 7 - 2 0 0 4; Record Group Number: [S42] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015.