Hugh
de Cressingham
formerly Cressingham
Born in England
Son of William Cressingham
[uncertain]
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Alice (Cressingham) de Aspall
Died
at about age 52
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Lord Chief Justice of England and King Edward I's Treasurer in Scotland.
According to his ODNB article, " He was of illegitimate birth, the son of William of Cressingham and a woman named Emma ". "Although a clerk, he seems to have had a daughter, Alice, and perhaps also a son, Hugh."[1]
See profiles of daughter and son in law. Cressingham was a son of William de Cressingham. Hugh was a clerk and one of the officers of the English exchequer, was employed in a matter arising from some wrongs done to the abbot of Ramsey in 1282; he was attached to the household of Eleanor of Castile, queen of Edward I, was her steward, and one of her bailiffs for the barony of Haverford. In 1292 the king employed him to audit the debts due to his late father, Henry III, and in that and during the next three years he was the head of the justices itinerant for the northern counties. He was presented to the parsonage of Chalk, Kent, by the prior and convent of Norwich, and held the rectory of Doddington in the same county (Hasted); he was also rector of ‘Ruddeby’ (Rudby in Cleveland), and held prebends in several churches (Hemingburgh).
In 1296 Edward appointed Cressingham treasurer of the kingdom, charging him to spare no expense necessary for the complete reduction of Scotland.
Cressingham was killed during the Battle of Stirling Bridge on 11 September 1297. According to legend, his body was flayed by the Scots as he had flayed Scottish war prisoners, and William Wallace made a sword belt out of his skin.[1] The Lanercost Chronicle states the Scots dried and cured his hide and of his skin William Wallace caused a broad strip to be taken from the head to the heel, to make therewith a baldrick for his sword.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Summerson, H. (2008, January 03). Cressingham, Hugh of (d. 1297), administrator and justice. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 21 Jan. 2024
- ↑ WikiPedia Hugh de Cressingham
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Schalk Wilhelm Pienaar
Andrew Lancaster
Andrew Lancaster
Andrew Lancaster
Andrew Lancaster
Andrew Lancaster
Schalk Wilhelm Pienaar
Cressingham-2 and Cressingham-6 are not ready to be merged because: Very little info. Dates far apart.
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Andrew Lancaster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_de_Cressingham
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Andrew Lancaster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_de_Cressingham
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Andrew Lancaster
What is the source for the father?
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Andrew Lancaster
What is the source for Lancashire being his origin? Just the name? (There is a Gressingham there.) But Cressingham is in Suffolk?
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Andrew Lancaster
Cressingham-2 and Cressingham-6 appear to represent the same person because: Part of a whole family which already has merges proposed.
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