Sir John Garrard, sometimes spelt Gerrard, was a City of London merchant, a member of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, a Buckinghamshire landowner, and a Lord Mayor of London.
Background
Garrard was a younger son of Sir William Gerrard, Garrard, or Garret, Haberdasher, of Dorney Court, Buckinghamshire, who had bought the manor of Dorney in 1542, going on to serve as 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 William Garrard.
Career
In 1593 Garrard was one of the two Sheriffs of the City of London, and at Michaelmas 1601 he was elected Lord Mayor of London, the term of office being for one year. Garrard sold the manor of Southfleet in Kent to Sir William Sedley of Aylesford. They lived comfortably together, 43 years.
He was Lord-Mayor of London, in the year 1601.
Garrard"s arms were blazoned "argent, on a fess gules, a lion passant, argent. A crescent for difference".