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 APPENDIX G 627 PICKERING [15] Gilbert Pickering,(^) s. and h. of Sir John P., of Tichmersh, Northants (who d. 29 Jan. 1627/8), by Susan, i"st da. of Sir Erasmus Drvden, of Canons Ashby, in that co., Bart. {cr. 1619); was b. 11 Feb. i6io/ii,('') and admitted Gray's Inn 16 Nov. 1629. He was cr. a Baronet [S.], 5 June 1638. Col. in the Pari, army; distinguished him- self at the siege of Basing House, May 1644, and at the storming of Bristol, 10 Sep. 1645. M.P. for Northants, in the Long Pari., 29 Oct. 1640 to 1653; and in the Paris, of 1653, 1654, and 1656. Councillor of State 14 Feb. 1648/9, 13 Feb. 1649/50, 13 Feb. 1650/1, and 24 Nov. 1652; member of the Lord Protector's Privy Council (""j 16 Dec. 1653, and 13 June 1657. He was one of the Judges app. for the King's trial, 6 Jan. 1648/9, but only attended three sittings of the court, and did not sign the death-warrant. High Steward of Westminster; Commissioner for visiting the Univ. of Cambridge 2 Sep. 1654; Chamberlain of the Household to Oliver, the Lord Protector, and to Richard Cromwell. ('') He was sum. to the "Other House," 10 Dec. 1657, but did not take his seat.('=) He tooic the oath and his seat in Richard Cromwell's House of Lords, as " Lord Pykering, Lord Chamblen of his Highnes houshold," 27 Jan. 1658/9, and signed the proclamation in which he was declared Protector, 3 Sep. 1658. He also sat in the "Restored Rump," 7 May 1659 to 16 Mar. 1659/60. At the Restoration he was excepted from the Act of Indemnity, but was afterwards pardoned (through the intervention of his brother-in-law, the Earl of Sandwich), 6 Aug. 1660, though he was prohibited from holding any public office. He ?«., in or before 1640, Elizabeth,(*) sister of Edward (Montagu), ist Earl of Sandwich, only (^) He bore for arms : Ermine a lion Azure with a crown of Gold ; quartering Silver three wreaths Gules, for Lascelles. {Visitation of Northants, 1564). ('') He was " 16 years 10 months and 18 days old" at his father's death. {Inq. p. m.). if) " His salary one thousand pound per annum, besides his other places." C^) " Knight of the old stamp, and of a considerable revenue in Northampton- shire, ... is one of the protector's council, and, as if he had been pinned to his sleeve, was never to seek ; is become high steward of Westminster, and being so finical, spruce, and like an old courtier, is made lord chamberlain of the protector's houshold or court." {Second Narrative of the late Parliament). (°) When the House was called over, 2 Feb. iG^j/S, he was one of the eleven "Lords" who "being called Did not appeare nor any excuse made for them." See Introduction to this Appendix, p. 591. Her christian name is given as "Sidney" in the Complete Baronetage., vol. ii, p. 433, and Sir Gilbert is stated to hae " w., 2ndly, Elizabeth, da. of John Pepys, of Cottenham." But in the inscription on the Pickering monument in Tichmersh Church (erected by Sir John P., and Bart., in 1698) she is described as "Dame Eliza- beth his wife, y' only daughter of S' Sidney Mountague Kn' and sister of the Earl of Sandwich," which seems conclusive. See also H. B. Wheatley's Pepysiana, pp. 5, 9, for evidence that Sir Gilbert did not marry Elizabeth Pepys.