Sir William Cromer, Lord Mayor of London

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Sir William Cromer, Lord Mayor of London

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Birthplace: Cromer, Norfolk, England (United Kingdom)
Death: between January 14, 1434 and January 19, 1434 (49-58)
London, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Candlewick Street, London, England, United Kingdom
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Son of John Cromer and Cromer
Husband of Lady Margaret Cromer and Margaret Cromer
Father of Emmeline Fiennes and William Cromer

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About Sir William Cromer, Lord Mayor of London

During his first mayoralty, Cromer helped to put down Sir John Oldcastle's rebellion and was largely responsible for the emergency measures which led to the arrest of several supporters of the Lollards.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cromer#:~:text=William%20Crom.... William Cromer (died 1434) was an English Sheriff and Lord Mayor of London and a Member of Parliament for the city.[1]

He was described as the son of John Cromer of Aldenham, Hertfordshire but was probably originally from Cromer, Norfolk. By 1390 he had settled in London, where he became a prosperous merchant.

He was Warden of the Drapers Company by 1394, and again in 1428–29. He was appointed Auditor for London for 1399-1400 and 1409-11 and elected an alderman of Billingsgate Ward by 1403 until after July 1420 and of Candlewick Ward from 1420 until his death. He was elected a Sheriff of London in 1405–06 and Lord Mayor of London for 1413–14 and 1423–24.

During his public life he benefitted from a number of profitable commissions from 1407 onwards, when he was also elected to Parliament as member for the City of London (1407, 1417 and May 1421).

He died in 1434 and was buried in the church of St Martin Orgar, Candlewick Street (now Cannon Street), London to which he bequeathed some of his property. He had married twice; firstly Katherine and secondly Margaret, the daughter of Sir Thomas Squiry (or Squerie) of Westerham, Kent. They had one son William, who inherited his Kentish estates and became an oppressive Sheriff of Kent, falling victim, along with his father-in-law James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele, to Jack Cade's rebel army in 1450. His daughter Emmeline became the second wife of the 1st Baron Saye and Sele.

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Sir William Cromer, Lord Mayor of London's Timeline

1380
1380
Cromer, Norfolk, England (United Kingdom)
1398
1398
Willingham, Cambridgeshire, England (United Kingdom)
1416
1416
Tunstall, Kent, England (United Kingdom)
1434
January 14, 1434
Age 54
London, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom)
January 19, 1434
Age 54
Church of St. Martin Orgar, Candlewick Street, London, England, United Kingdom
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Mayor of London