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. Life 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.