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John Garrard
Sir John Garrard, sometimes spelled Gerrard (c. 1546 – 7 May 1625), was a merchant and alderman of the City of London, six times Master of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, a Buckinghamshire landowner, and Lord Mayor of London for the year 1601 to 1602.
Garrard was a younger son of Sir William Garrard or Garret, Haberdasher (1518-1571), of Dorney Court, Buckinghamshire, who bought the manor of Dorney in 1542, and became Lord Mayor of London in 1555. His mother was Isabel, daughter of Julian Nethermill, of Coventry, and his paternal grandfather was John Gerrard, alias Garret, of Sittingbourne.
He was born about 1546, if his tomb correctly recorded his age at death. His father, Sir William, died in 1571, to be succeeded by the elder son, another (Sir) William Garrard (died 1607). This William, who married a daughter of Sir Thomas Rowe, inherited the estate at Dorney.
John Garrard was admitted to the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers. He married Jane, the daughter of Richard Partridge, a citizen of the City of London, and with her had thirteen children, including John (born about 1585), Benedict, Anne, Elizabeth, Ursula, Jane (baptized 1602), and at least two other daughters, these eight surviving infancy. At least four other children died young: a son named John, who was born and died in 1597; Margaret (the twin of Jane), who was baptized in May 1602 and died in June 1603; another John, who was baptized in December 1604; and a son, Thomas.
Having served as Treasurer to St Thomas' Hospital from 1582 to 1591, and as Auditor in 1591-1592, in June 1591 John Garrard was appointed Treasurer, with Benedict Barnham, for the sum of £7,400 to be raised by the City for the furnishing of six ships of war and a pinnace, towards the expedition of Sir Walter Ralegh of 1591-1592. In 1592-1593 he was elected to his first term as Master of the Haberdashers, and in the same year, being then elected alderman for Aldgate ward, was immediately chosen one of the two Sheriffs of the City of London (during the mayoralty of Sir William Rowe).
Becoming Master for his second term in 1601-1602, at Michaelmas 1601 he was elected Lord Mayor of London (the term of office being for one year), and was knighted in 1602. In 1603 William Smith, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant, noted: "He dwelleth in St Martin's Lane, between Canwickstrete and the Olde Swanne." In 1606 he exchanged the ward of Aldgate for that of Candlewick, representing the latter until his death in 1625. Garrard was elected Master of his Company again for 1607-1608, 1611-1612, 1614-1615 and 1617-1618. President of St Thomas' Hospital from 1606 to 1622, he was appointed Surveyor-General of Hospitals in 1611.
William Jones (died 1615), citizen and Haberdasher, a merchant of Hamburg, placed £6,000 during his lifetime and by his will a further £3,000 in the hands of the Haberdashers Company towards the foundation of Monmouth Free Grammar School, and for almshouses for twenty poor old diseased, blind or lame people, in Monmouth. As trustees on behalf of the Company, Sir John Garrard and Sir Thomas Rowe, aldermen, and Robert Offley and Martin Bond, citizens and Haberdashers, obtained a licence from King James I in 1614 to purchase land to the value of £200 a year towards this charity. They purchased the manor of Hatcham-Barnes, in Deptford St Paul (formerly an endowment of Dartford Priory, a nunnery), which long remained a part of Jones's Monmouth Charity.
Sir John's name heads the list of "Honourable Senators" among the patrons of the new parish church of Trinity Christ-church, also called the "Temple of St James" (i.e. St James Duke's Place), built in the ruins of Holy Trinity Priory in Aldgate, who were present at the official consecration on the morrow of New Year's Day (i.e. 26 March) in the mayoralty of Sir Peter Probie (1622-1623). A prime mover in the development was Sir Edward Barkham, lord mayor 1621-1622, whose eldest daughter Elizabeth had married Sir John Garrard's son John in 1611. Another benefactor was Sir Thomas Rowe. The church was new-built to accommodate the inhabitants of "The Duke's Place", who had formerly resorted to the old St Katherine Christchurch nearby.
John Garrard
Sir John Garrard, sometimes spelled Gerrard (c. 1546 – 7 May 1625), was a merchant and alderman of the City of London, six times Master of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, a Buckinghamshire landowner, and Lord Mayor of London for the year 1601 to 1602.
Garrard was a younger son of Sir William Garrard or Garret, Haberdasher (1518-1571), of Dorney Court, Buckinghamshire, who bought the manor of Dorney in 1542, and became Lord Mayor of London in 1555. His mother was Isabel, daughter of Julian Nethermill, of Coventry, and his paternal grandfather was John Gerrard, alias Garret, of Sittingbourne.
He was born about 1546, if his tomb correctly recorded his age at death. His father, Sir William, died in 1571, to be succeeded by the elder son, another (Sir) William Garrard (died 1607). This William, who married a daughter of Sir Thomas Rowe, inherited the estate at Dorney.
John Garrard was admitted to the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers. He married Jane, the daughter of Richard Partridge, a citizen of the City of London, and with her had thirteen children, including John (born about 1585), Benedict, Anne, Elizabeth, Ursula, Jane (baptized 1602), and at least two other daughters, these eight surviving infancy. At least four other children died young: a son named John, who was born and died in 1597; Margaret (the twin of Jane), who was baptized in May 1602 and died in June 1603; another John, who was baptized in December 1604; and a son, Thomas.
Having served as Treasurer to St Thomas' Hospital from 1582 to 1591, and as Auditor in 1591-1592, in June 1591 John Garrard was appointed Treasurer, with Benedict Barnham, for the sum of £7,400 to be raised by the City for the furnishing of six ships of war and a pinnace, towards the expedition of Sir Walter Ralegh of 1591-1592. In 1592-1593 he was elected to his first term as Master of the Haberdashers, and in the same year, being then elected alderman for Aldgate ward, was immediately chosen one of the two Sheriffs of the City of London (during the mayoralty of Sir William Rowe).
Becoming Master for his second term in 1601-1602, at Michaelmas 1601 he was elected Lord Mayor of London (the term of office being for one year), and was knighted in 1602. In 1603 William Smith, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant, noted: "He dwelleth in St Martin's Lane, between Canwickstrete and the Olde Swanne." In 1606 he exchanged the ward of Aldgate for that of Candlewick, representing the latter until his death in 1625. Garrard was elected Master of his Company again for 1607-1608, 1611-1612, 1614-1615 and 1617-1618. President of St Thomas' Hospital from 1606 to 1622, he was appointed Surveyor-General of Hospitals in 1611.
William Jones (died 1615), citizen and Haberdasher, a merchant of Hamburg, placed £6,000 during his lifetime and by his will a further £3,000 in the hands of the Haberdashers Company towards the foundation of Monmouth Free Grammar School, and for almshouses for twenty poor old diseased, blind or lame people, in Monmouth. As trustees on behalf of the Company, Sir John Garrard and Sir Thomas Rowe, aldermen, and Robert Offley and Martin Bond, citizens and Haberdashers, obtained a licence from King James I in 1614 to purchase land to the value of £200 a year towards this charity. They purchased the manor of Hatcham-Barnes, in Deptford St Paul (formerly an endowment of Dartford Priory, a nunnery), which long remained a part of Jones's Monmouth Charity.
Sir John's name heads the list of "Honourable Senators" among the patrons of the new parish church of Trinity Christ-church, also called the "Temple of St James" (i.e. St James Duke's Place), built in the ruins of Holy Trinity Priory in Aldgate, who were present at the official consecration on the morrow of New Year's Day (i.e. 26 March) in the mayoralty of Sir Peter Probie (1622-1623). A prime mover in the development was Sir Edward Barkham, lord mayor 1621-1622, whose eldest daughter Elizabeth had married Sir John Garrard's son John in 1611. Another benefactor was Sir Thomas Rowe. The church was new-built to accommodate the inhabitants of "The Duke's Place", who had formerly resorted to the old St Katherine Christchurch nearby.