_When did Sir Gilbert Gerrard die?_--A warrant was issued on the 1st of
July, 1594, to the Lord Treasurer and Sir John Fortescue (see Burghley's
_Diary_) "to inquire what profits had been taken for the office of the
Rolls _betwixt the time of the death of Sir Gilbert Gerrard and the entry
of Sir Thomas Egerton_." Now Sir Thomas Egerton entered on the 10th of
April, 1594, and I have reason to believe that the office had been vacant
for about a year. But I can find no notice of Sir Gilbert's death. He was a
member of Gray's Inn; admitted in 1537, barrister 1539, ancient 1547,
reader 1554, serjeant 1558, attorney-general 1559, Master of the Rolls
1581; and during the interval between the death of Lord Chancellor Hatton
(Nov. 22, 1591) and the appointment of Lord Keeper Puckering (May 28, 1592)
one of the commissioners for hearing causes in chancery.