Gilbert de Crook, of Whittle

19. The first of the family known seems to be the Henry son of Gilbert who, as stated below, made a grant to the Hospitallers. He had sons Thomas and Hugh, the latter perhaps ancestor of the Crook family.

21. The early history of the family is very obscure, but, if it may be assumed that Hugh de Crook was identical with Hugh de Whittle son of Henry, the following is the outline of it. A number of the Crook deeds are in the Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 240; iii, W 13, W 22; and in Harl. MS. 2042, fol. 169.

• 'Townships: Whittle-le-Woods', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1911), pp. 32-36. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp32-36 [accessed 21 June 2016].