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CROKE, John (1508/9-49/51), of London.

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b. 1508 /9, s. of one Croke of Winchester, Hants. educ. Winchester coll. adm. 1519; New Coll. Oxf. adm. 11 May 1526, fellow 11 May 1528, BCL 12 July 1534, DCL 11 July 1543; Coll. of Advocates, adm. 7 Oct. 1543. m. by 1547, Dorothy, da. of John Theobald of Seal, Kent.Date of birth estimated from age on admission to Winchester college. Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Oxf. 1501-40, p. 151; C. Coote, Civilians, 36; CPR, 1553-4, p. 2; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxv), 136; W. Boys, Sandwich (1792) 246.
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Proctor, archdeaconry of Oxford ct. by 1540; notary public 6 Sept. 1543; vicar-gen. diocese of London 1543 – d.; canon of St. Paul’s, London and prebendary of Ealdstreet 20 June 1544 – 30 Apr. 1547; dep. subsidy collector to Bp. Bonner of London 1545; adv. ct. arches by 1546, adv.-gen. by d. Emden, 151; Le Neve, Fasti 1541–1857, i (1969), 32; G. M. V. Alexander, ‘The life and career of Edmund Bonner, bp. of London, until his deprivation in 1549’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1960), 280, 357 n. 15; LP Hen. VIII, xx.

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CROKE, John (1508/9-49/51), of London.
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CROKE, John (1508/9-49/51)

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CROFT, James (1517/18-90), of Shobdon, Herefs.

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b. 1517 /18, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Richard Croft of Croft Castle by Catherine, da. of Sir Richard Herbert of Montgomery Castle, Mont.; poss. bro. of Thomas Croft. m. (1) c.1540, Alice (d.1573), da. of Richard Warnecombe of Ivington in Leominster, Lugwardine and Hereford, Herefs., wid. of William Wigmore of Shobdon, 3s. inc. Edward and James 4da.; (2) Catherine, da. of Edward Blount. Kntd. 24 Nov. 1547. suc. fa. 1 Jan. 1562.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., E150/452/2. This biography rests on O.G.S. Croft, House of Croft, C.A. Mackwell, ‘The early career of Sir James Croft, 1518-70’ (Oxf. Univ. B.Litt. thesis, 1970) and R.E. Ham, ‘The autobiography of Sir James Croft’, Bull IHR, 1. 48-57. Vis. Herefs. ed. Weaver, 21-22; DNB.
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Water bailiff, Boulogne 1544 – 45, under marshal 21 Mar. 1546 – Mar. 1547; capt. Haddington by June – Sept. 1549; member, council in the marches of Wales 1550, v.-pres. 1550 – 51; ld. dep. [I] 29 Apr. 1551 – Apr. 1553; gent. privy chamber Nov. 1551; dep. constable, the Tower ? 1 May – 8 July 1553; j.p.q. Herefs. 1558/59, most marcher and Welsh counties 1573 – d.; gov. Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb. 14 Apr 1559–21 Aug. 1560; commr. musters, Herefs. 1569; comptroller, the Household 1570; PC 1570; constable, Aberystwyth castle, Card., Montgomery castle, Mont. 1570; steward, Kedewen, Kerry and Montgomery, Mont. 1570, Hereford by 1570, Leominster by 1571; keeper, Wigmore park, Herefs. 1570; custos rot. Herefs. c.1573.

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CROFT, James (1517/18-90), of Shobdon, Herefs.
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CRISPE (CRIPSE), Nicholas (by 1530-64), of Whitstable, Kent.

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b. by 1530, 1st s. of (Sir) Henry Crispe by 1st w. educ. G. Inn, adm. 1544. m. (1) by 1549, Frances, da. of Sir Thomas Cheyne of the Blackfriars, London and Shurland, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, 1da.; (2) in or aft. 1561, Mary, da. of Christopher Glemham of Glemham, Suff.Date of birth estimated from education. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 74; (lxxiv), 17; Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 35, 140; PCC 1 Martyn.
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Sheriff, Kent 1559 – 60, j.p. 1562–d.CPR, 1560–3, p. 438; 1563–6, p. 23.

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CRISPE (CRIPSE), Nicholas (by 1530-64), of Whitstable, Kent.
Main residence: Whitstable, Kent.
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CRISPE (CRIPSE), Nicholas (by 1530-64)

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CRISPE (CRIPSE), Henry (by 1505-75), of Birchington, Isle of Thanet, Kent.

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b. by 1505, 2nd s. of John Crispe of Birchington by Avice, da. and h. of Thomas Denne of Kingston, Kent. m. (1) by 1530, Catherine (bur. 9 Feb. 1545), da. of Sir John Scott of Scot’s Hall, Smeeth, 1s. Nicholas; (2) 23 July 1545, Anne, da. and coh. of George Haselhurst, 4s. 2da. Kntd. 2 Oct. 1553.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxiv), 17; (Ibid. xlii), 74; PCC 41 Pyckering; F. A. Crisp, Par. Regs. Birchington, passim.
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J.p. Kent 1539 – 58, q. 1558/59; sheriff, 1546 – 47; commr. chantries 1548, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553, heresy 1556.LP Hen. VIII, xvi, xx; CPR, 1549–51, p. 135; 1553, pp. 355, 417; 1553–4, p. 20; 1555–7, p. 24; 1563–6, p. 23; 1569–72, p. 225.

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CRISPE (CRIPSE), Henry (by 1505-75), of Birchington, Isle of Thanet, Kent.
Main residence: Birchington, Isle of Thanet, Kent.
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CRESSENER, Thomas (by 1466-1515/44), of Bures, Essex; Whissonsett and London.

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b. by 1466. 2nd s. of Sir Alexander Cressener of Alphamstone, Essex by Cecily, da. of Sir John Radcliffe of Attleborough, Norf. m. Eleanor, da. of Sir Edward Woodhouse of Kimberley, Norf., wid. of Edmund Hastings (d.1487) and John Bozom (d.1490) of Whissonsett, at least 1s.Date of birth estimated from appointment as a feoffee to use in 1487. Morant, Essex, ii. 265-6; Norf. Arch. xxii. 104-5; PCC 31 Vox.
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Commr. subsidy, Essex 1514, 1515.Statutes, iii. 115, 119.

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CRESSENER, Thomas (by 1466-1515/44), of Bures, Essex; Whissonsett and London.
Main residences: Bures, Essex and Whissonsett and London.
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CRESSENER, Thomas (by 1466-1515/44)

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