Richard Cressett Esq. (abt. 1482 - aft. 1546)

Born about 1482 in Shropshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Joan (Wrottesley) Cressett — married about Jan 1517 in Shropshire, England

Descendants

Died after 28 Jan 1546 after about age 64 in England

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Richard Cressett is in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project to several surety barons (see text below).

Biography

Richard Cressett was the son of Thomas Cressett, Esq. of Upton Cressett, Shropshire, etc., and Joan Corbet, daughter of Roger Corbet, Knt., and Elizbeth Hopton.^[1] Richard's date and place of birth are unknown and are estimated.

Richard married Joan Wrottesley, daughter of Richard Wrottesley, Esq., of Wrottesley, Shropshire, and Dorothy, daughter of Edward Sutton,^[1] date and place of marriage unknown/estimated. They had three sons and six daughters.

• Robert, Esq., son and heir apparent^[1]
• Edmund^[1]
• Henry^[1]
• Jane^[1]
• Mary^[1]
• Frances, wife of Roger Smith, John Hopton, Francis Hord and William Clench^[1]
• Dorothy, wife of William Mynde^[1]
• Cecily, wife of William Acton^[1]
• Margaret, wife of Thomas More (or Moore), Esq.^[1]

Custody of Richard Cressett, Esq., he being a lunatic, was granted to his son and heir apparent, Robert More, on 28 January 1545/6 "together with his manors, houses, lands, etc.. for the benefit of the said Richard, his wife and children".^[1]

Richard's date and place of death are unknown.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, vol. III, pages 173-174, MORE 12.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
• Marlyn Lewis. Richard Cressett entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins website. Accessed 11 Feb 2020.

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Magna Carta Project

This profile was reviewed/approved for the Magna Carta project by Michael Cayley on 28 May 2020.

Richard Cressett Esq. appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Richard More, to Magna Carta Surety Baron William de Mowbray (vol. III, pages 173-175 MORE). This trail was developed by the Magna Carta project in February 2020 by Thiessen-117 and was reviewed/approved/badged 28 May 2020. Also at this time, other badged trails were identified by the Project from More to surety barons Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacy, Saher de Quincy, Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod. All of these trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of Katherine More's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".