Title:

Gentleman

Military Rank:

Lieutenant Colonel

First Name:

Richard

Last Name:

Gerard

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

1816

Inscription:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY
Of the GERARDS of INCE within MACKERFIELD who for several
Centuries were LORDS of that MANOR and also of ASPULL in this
COUNTY and whose remains are depositied underneath this Chancel
belonging to the family – THOMAS GERARD ESQUIRE the last
Heir in a direct line dying without male issure soon after the Restoration
Of Charles the Second that property became vested in his kinsman
COLONEL RICHARD GERARD who was a grandson of the first
SIR THOMAS GERARD Baronet of BRYN and who during the
civil wars raised a Body of Foot for the immediate guard of the Queen and
eminently distinguishing himself in the Royal Cause was severely wounded
at the Siege of Burton upon Trent which Town being garrisoned by the
Parliamentary Forces he invested and together with Sir Thomas Tyldesley
Carried by Storm Immediately after the Restoration in acknowledgment of his
services he was appointed Cup bearer in ordinary upon her Majesty the
Queen Dowager This Branch of the family became extinct in the Year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and five on the demise of MARY WALMESLEY
relict of JOHN WALMESLEY Esquire and ELIZABETH GERARD
Spinster Sisters and Coheiresses of WILLIAM GERARD Esquire
This tablet was places here by CHARLES WALMESLEY Esquire of
WESTWOOD in INCE aforesaid Grandson of the above named
MARY WALMESLEY 1816

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Good

Condition Description:

Photographic evidence

Memorial Notes:

See: DONB https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/10559