William Cressener

See pp. 36 and 188. Relevant pages from Copinger's book are attached in Sources, or see these pages at Archive.org here: [https://archive.org/details/manorsofsuffolkn01copiuoft/page/n4/mode...]

Death: 1454 Burial: All Saints Churchyard, Sudbury, Suffolk, England [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153289995/william-cressener]
Note: 1454 is confirmed in the above source. The findagrave.com entry for burial place is not sourced,

Biography with sources from:[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cressener-23]

• William Cressener, Esq., of Sudbury, Mores, and Mortimer, Suffolk, son and heir of Robert Cressener by ______, probable daughter of John Mortimer, Knt., was born 24 November 1392.[1]
• Writ 28 Oct. 1410. Notes that his father Robert died on 9th Sept 1410 when William his son and heir was 18 years old.[2]
• 1414 He was made ward of Richard Waldegrave, knight. [3]
• William married Margaret Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, K.G., 1st Earl of Westmorland, by his first wife Margaret, daughter of Hugh de Stafford, K.G., 2nd Earl of Stafford, and widow of Richard le Scrope, Knt., 3rd Lord Scrope of Bolton.[1][4][5] They married before 5 November 1427 (date of pardon).[1][5]
• William and Margaret had three sons:

1. Alexander Cressener
2. John Cressener
3. Ralph Cressener

• He was mayor of Sudbury in 1444[6]
• "William Cressener died before 16 May 1454,[1] when writs were issued for Inquisitions Post Mortem on lands in Norfolk, Essex, Huntingdonshire and Suffolk [5]
• William held Mores Manor in Boxsted and was succeeded by his third son Ralph Cressener and he by Robert Cressener and he by Alexander Cressener the brother of Ralph.[7]
• He was buried in the church of Sudbury, Suffolk.[1]
• William Cressener of Suffolk Esq 31st Mar 1454. In the Church next to his brother.[8]
• Abstract of the Last Will and Testament of Wylliam Cressener of the Town of Cross in Boxted in the County of Suffolk, Esq., written 31 Mar 1444, proved May 1454. 4[9]
• Wills that Dame Margaret his wife have all his manors, lands, tenements, rents &c. for the term of her life and after her death all his lands beforesaid remain to his son Alexander and his heirs forever.
• Wills that his son John, after the death of his mother, have to him and his heirs legally begotten his manors called Clees? and ... in the county of Essex with all their appurtenances... And in default of heirs the remainder goes to John's brother Alexander and his heirs. Also wills to his son John and his heirs his manor in the parish of Boxtede in the county of Suffolk with all its appurtenances. And in default of issue, the remainder goes wholly to Alexander his brother and his heirs....
• His widow died in 1463/4 and was buried in the convent of the Augustine Friars at Clare, Suffolk.[1][5]"

Citations

1. Douglas Richardson, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Vol. 5. ed. (Salt Lake City, UT: Self-published, 2013), 167-168. Note: Tibetot #12. Richard le Scrope, Knt.
2. Kirby, J. L. British History Online: “Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry IV, Entries 800-860', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem”, Vol. 19, Henry IV (London, 1992), pp. 289-306. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol19/pp289-306
3. Kirby, J. L. British History Online: “Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry V, Entries 250-299', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem”, Vol. 20, Henry V (London, 1995), pp. 81-96. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol20/pp81-96
4. Richardson, Royal Ancestry (2013), Vol. IV, p. 237. Note: Neville #13.vi. Margaret Neville.
5. Cokayne, George Edward. Complete Peerage…, 1825-1911. 2nd Ed. Vol. XI, p. 543. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/362755-the-...
6. Stokes, E. Early Sudbury Records. Vol. XIV, Part 1. (Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History, 1910), 105-108.pdf.
7. Copinger, 'The Manors of Suffolk - Source cited first here in Overview
8. The Manors of Suffolk http://suffolkinstitute.pdfsrv.co.uk/customers/Suffolk Institute/2014/01/10/Volume XIV Part 1 (1910). Early Sudbury Records E Stokes. [http://suffolkinstitute.pdfsrv.co.uk/customers/Suffolk%20Institute/...]
9. Palmer, Rev. C. F. R. Burials at the Priories of the Black Friars, Vol. 24 (London: The Antiquary, Dec 1891), 265-269. [https://search.proquest.com/openview/e382c561a1c0eb15/1?pq-origsite...]
10. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, PROB 11/1/256. [https://thesignsofthetimes.com.au/36/68072.htm]
11. Maskelyne and H. C. Maxwell Lyte. British History Online. “Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 51-100, in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem”: Series 2, Vol. 2, Henry VII (London, 1915), pp. 45-67. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/series2-vol2/pp....
12. [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7472486]
13. [https://soc.genealogy.medieval.narkive.com/PrhRHrA9/william-cressen...]