Catalogue description Gerard family of Garswood, Ashton-in-Makerfield (records in Muniment room)

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Title: Gerard family of Garswood, Ashton-in-Makerfield (records in Muniment room)
Description:

SCHEDULE OF DEEDS originally IN THE MUNIMENT ROOM AT GARSWOOD HALL.
Date: 1548-1910
Related material:

See also DDGE(E) for the Garswood Estate records
Held by: Lancashire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Garswood Estate, Ashton in Makerfield
Physical description: 20 Subfonds
Subjects:
  • Gerard family, Barons Gerard of Bryn
  • Garswood, Lancashire
  • Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire
Administrative / biographical background:

The Gerards obtained the manors of Ashton-in-Makerfield and Windle by marriage about 1330. Thomas Gerard was created a baronet in 1611 and Robert Gerard became Lord Gerard of Brynn in 1876. The Cantsfield estate came in by marriage in 1696, while as "founder's kin" they have long been connected with Repton School in Derbyshire. A Tasburgh marriage in 1780 brought in properties in Lincolnshire, London, Kent and Ireland.
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