Title:

Knight

Military Rank:

Colonel

First Name:

Gilbert

Last Name:

Gerard

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

1644/45

Inscription:

[He]re lies Sr Gilbert Gerard, knt, descended of [the] honourable family of Gerard, of Brin in Lancashire who after [ ] in foreign wars, [ ]ed to serve his owne [king?] [ ] Country after many comands was made Leiftenant G[ene]rall of this County and Governor of this City in which [?]ed much beloved [and died?] most lamented in the 49th y: of his Age of grace. 1644

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Poor

Condition Description:

The stone is cracked and worn, with some of the words of the epitaph illegible.

Memorial Notes:

Sir Gilbert Gerard was a royalist colonel and Governor of Worcester from late 1643 until his death in early 1645.