Christina Brittain kindly supplied the following details about some interesting Allard references:

Gervase Alard was Admiral of The Fleet in 1295, and became Mayor of Winchelsea in 1306. It is thought the Stephen Alard who had paid for Gervase’s elaborate monument in Winchelsea, was his brother.

Many Allards settled in the former port of Winchelsea. In the parish church (St. Thomas a Becket) there are the famous Alard tombs. The tombs are of Gervais, (the mayor) who died in 1310; his son Stephen Alard who died 1327 or 1330. Another son of Gervais, Robert Alard is also mentioned, and a Reynaul Alard is buried there from 1354. These tombs are spectacular, and well worth a visit.

There was a Sibilia Alard, who was tax-payer, paying 10 shillings, in The Rape of Hastings in the year 1296. (From “British History Online” - Sussex Subsidy Roll of 1296)