60 THOMAS GERARD OF TRENT. 



p.m. incidentally gives the information that Margaret's 

 father was John Wadham.* 



Tristram Storke may have received his Christian name 

 from Tristram Burnell, of Newton Surmaville, near Yeovil, 

 who was a friend of his grandfather, John Storke. He was 

 returned as one of the gentry resident in Somersetshire temp. 

 Henry VII., f married Alice, daughter of Robert Bingham, 

 of Bingham's Melcombe, and died 18th August, 1532, leaving 

 four daughters co-heiresses. 



His property extended into four counties, and the informa- 

 tion given in the inquisitions shows how it was divided. J 

 Johanna, aged 30, wife of Richard Compton, received Gorton 

 Denham, Holway, and Crothorne ; Isabella, aged 28, wife 

 of Alexander Seymer, received Burton Ynge (Bourton), 

 Oxfordshire ; Anne, aged 26, wife of John Larder, received 

 lands at Hinton Admiral and Christchurch Twyneham, 

 Hants ; and Mary, aged 24, the wife of William Gerard 

 (Jerard), " my great-grandfather from whom though shee 

 were the youngest sister the principall house of them (i.e. 

 Trent) is descended to myself." 



The surname of Gerard is not uncommon in Somerset and 

 Dorset, and is often found under the form Jerarde. Curiously 

 enough there was a family called Jerarde resident in the 

 neighbouring parish of Sandford Orcas, who are frequently 

 described as Gerard. The arms of the two families are, 

 however, quite distinct, that of Jerarde of Sandford being 

 Arg. a chevron gules between three ermine spots, while 

 Gerard of Trent bore quarterly Gerard and Brinn (of 

 Lancashire). 



Thomas Gerard of Trent, the author, evidently believed 

 that his family came originally from Lancashire, where the 



* Inq. p. m. Robert Gilbert, 30 Hen. VIII. C. Vol. 60, 109. 

 f Collinson I., XL. 



J Inq. p. m. Tristr. Storke : Vol. 54, 62 ; 54, 73 ; 54, 75 ; Alice 

 Storke (06. 8 Aug. 1546), Vol. 85, 34. 

 Particular Description, 177. 



