Joan (Wrottesley) Cressett (abt. 1485 - aft. 1546)

Born about 1485 in Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Cressett Esq. — married about Jan 1517 in Shropshire, England

Descendants

Died after 28 Jan 1546 after about age 61 in England

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Biography

Father Richard Wrottesley, Esq., Sheriff of Staffordshire^[1] b. c 1457, d. bt Jul 1522 - 3 Jun 1524

Mother Dorothy Sutton^[1][2] b. c 1466, d. 1517

Jane Wrottesley was born circa 1485 at of Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England.^[3]

A settlement for the marriage Jane Wrottesley and Richard Cressett, Esq. was made on 28 January 1517. They had 3 sons (Robert, Esq; Edmund; & Henry) and 6 daughters (Jane; Mary; Frances, wife of Roger Smith, of John Hopton, of Francis Hord, & of William Clench; Dorothy, wife of William Mynde; Cecily, wife of William Acton; & Margaret, wife of Thomas More, Esq.).^[1][4]

Jane Wrottesley died after 28 January 1546.

Family

• Richard Cressett, Esq. b. c 1482, d. a 28 Jan 1546

Children

• Robert, Esq
• Edmund
• Henry
• Jane
• Mary
• Frances, wife of Roger Smith, of John Hopton, of Francis Hord, & of William Clench
• Dorothy, wife of William Mynde
• Cecily, wife of William Acton
• Margaret, wife of Thomas More, Esq.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} 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.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 146
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 515.
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 685.

• 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’’.