'Crosse1'
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Families covered: Crosse of Chorley, Crosse of Crosse Hall, Crosse of Ledsham, Crosse of Liverpool, Legh of Adlington
| Foster identifies this family's coat of arms as 'Quarterly: 1,4. Gules, a cross potent, argent 2,3. Or.'. | |||||||||||||||
| Almeryke or Almarick Crosse of Liverpool, Lancashire (a temp Edwad III who r. 1327-1377) | |||||||||||||||
| Commoners jumps from Almarick to his great-grandson Richard (m. Katherine). The intervening generations come from Flower. | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Crosse | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Almeryke Crosse | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Richard or John Crosse of Liverpool named John by Flower, Richard by Commoners | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine (widow of William Houghton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Richard Crosse of Crosse Hall, Liverpool | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Crosse of Crosse Hall (a 1460, d 1502) the first mentioned by Crisp | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joane Calcott (dau of Richard Calcott of Chester) not named by Crisp | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Richard Crosse of Crosse Hall | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Walton (dau/coheir of Roger Walton of Walton) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Roger Crosse (dsp 22.04.1522) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (div 14.02.1519) Letitia Norreys (d 22.04.1522, dau of Thomas Norreys of West Derby, m2. Thomas Norreys of Speke) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | William Crosse (dsp before 30.04.1532) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 19.02.1524/5) (Joan?) Banastre (a 06.1548, sister of Richard Banastre of the Bank) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Blanche Crosse | ||||||||||||||
| m. Roger Bryers (Brores) of Chorley | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Margaret Crosse (a 04.1532) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Roger or George Garston of Walton | |||||||||||||||
| (v)+ | other issue (dsp) - John (b c1488, d before 27.02.1532/3, rector of Moulsoe), Robert, Richard (d before 30.04.1532) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Winstanley (dau of Edmund Winstanley of Winstanley) | |||||||||||||||
| (viii) | James (Jacob) Crosse of Crosse Hall (d 24.01.1557/8) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margery or Margaret Cotes | |||||||||||||||
| (ix) | Edmund Crosse (a 02.1532/3) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Agnes (a 08.1502) shown by Crisp | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | William Crosse of London (d c02.1502/3) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - John (d c06.1517, rector of Turvey in Bedfordshire), Mary, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
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| James (Jacob) Crosse of Crosse Hall (d 24.01.1557/8) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margery or Margaret Cotes | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Crosse of London & Crosse Hall in Liverpool (d 24.01.1557/8) this line supported by Crisp & Flower | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 11.10.1533) Alice (a 1558, dau of Roger Ashall or Ashowe of the Hill) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Crosse of Crosse Hall (Chorley) & Crosse Hall (Liverpool) (bur 06.09.1612) | ||||||||||||||
| Flower identifies John's wife as Alice, dau of John Bankehall of Lancashire. Crisp identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Moore (a 08.1617, dau of John Moore of Bank Hall by Anne, dau/heir of Thomas Hawarden of Chester) | |||||||||||||||
| Flower ends showing John & Alice as having just one (unnamed) daughter (by 1567). Crisp continues with ... | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Richard Crosse of Crosse Hall (Liverpool) (d 27.03.1619) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1596?) Anne Langton ( dau of Robert Langton of Lowe) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Crosse of Crosse Hall (Chorley) (b 08.1600, d 03.12.1640) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Julian Banastre (bur 15.03.1625/6, dau of Henry Banastre of the Bank by Anne, dau of James Anderton of Clayton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Richard Crosse of Crosse Hall (Chorley) (b 01.09.1624, bur 18.03.158/9) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth (a 02.1688/9) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Crosse of Crosse Hall (Chorley) (bpt 29.12.1648, d 1688) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Yate (dau of Rev. Samuel Yate of Middleton Cheney) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Crosse of Crosse Hall (Chorley) (d 1706) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1698) Mary Clayton (a 11.1742, m2. James Parker of Bagganley) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Richard Crosse of Crosse Hall (bpt 1699, d 05.12.1742) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Legh (b c1705, a 1753, dau/coheir of Robert Legh (son of Thomas of Adlington) by Mary, dau of Sir Richard Standish) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Thomas Crosse of Crosse Hall & Shaw Hill (Leyland, Lancashire) (bpt 23.09.1723, d 14.09.1802) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (03.11.1750) Sarah Ashburner (dau of Robert Ashburner of Preston, widow of Richard Pedder of Preston) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Richard Crosse, later Legh of Adlington (Cheshire), Sheriff of Cheshire (b 1754, d 11/21.08.1822) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by BLG1886 (Crosse of Shaw Hill). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (09.10.1787) Anne Parker (b c1768, d 17.12.1807, dau of Robert Parker of Cuerden) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Thomas Crosse, later Legh of Adlington (b 1795/6 or 09.1792, d 25.04.1829) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1814) Louisa Newnham (b 1790-1, d 10.03.1867, dau of George Lewis Newnham of New Timber Place by Mary Diana, dau of Sir William Aston of Addington) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Sarah Crosse (d 23.02.1850) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.09.1823) Rev. Thomas Clarke (dsp 12.1837, son/heir of Henry of Liverpool & Belmont) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Anne Mary Crosse (d 17.03.1848) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.05.1828) Thomas Bright Ikin or Iken, later Crosse of Crosse Hall & Shaw Hill, Sheriff of Lancashire (b 1795-6, d 21.03.1886, MP) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv))+ | other issue - Richard Townley (b 06.12.1794, d unm 27.02.1825), Jane (b 1807, d 16.06.1860) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Anne Crosse | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Hilton of Pennington | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Sarah Crosse (b c1753, d 03.12.1833) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Wilson France of Rawcliffe Hall (b c1750, d 08.11.1828) | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Margaret Crosse | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Armetriding (b 1747-8, d 09.03.1832, rector of Steeple Aston) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (04.1766) Mary Clowes (b 1724-5, d 18.02.1800, dau of Samuel Clowes of Broughton, widow of Samuel Hilton of Pennington) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Legh Crosse (a 11.1742, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Betty Cooper | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Frances Crosse (a 11.1742) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Thomas Mawdesley (b c1713) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Elizabeth Crosse (a 11.1742) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Armetriding | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Catherine Crosse | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Clement | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Wessel | |||||||||||||||
| ((6))+ | other issue (a 11.1742) - Charles, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | John Crosse (a 11.1742) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Dorothy Crosse (bur 18.02.1720/1) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Farnworth of Runshaw Hall | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Anne Crosse | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. William Lotus | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Joan Crosse (bur 05.09.1705) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.05.1697) John France of Little Eccleston Hall (bpt 26.04.1675, bpt 27.12.1762) | |||||||||||||||
| (v)+ | other issue (a 01.1688/9) - John, Julia(n), Frances | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Joan Crosse | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ralph Longworth of Upper Rawcliffe (b c1625, bur 25.01.1693/4, Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Robert, Thomas, William, 3 sons, 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Frances Crosse | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (c02.1630/1) Frances Woolfall (a 04.1641, dau of Thomas Woolfall of Woolfall by Mary, dau of Richard Molyneux) | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue (a 1640) - John of Morley & Mellor, Thomas, Robert | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Robert of Chorley & London (a 1653), William | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Crosse (a 08.1617) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elizabeth Crosse | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Chorley of Chorley | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Anne Crosse | ||||||||||||||
| m. Laurence Ireland of Lydiate | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue (a 07.1575) - Richard, Robert, William, Edmond | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Alice Asheton (dau of Ralph Asheton of Great Leaver) | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Bridget Crosse | ||||||||||||||
| m3. Anne Langton (a 06.1575, dau of Robert Langton of Lowe by dau of Sir Ralph Leycester of Toft) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Thomas Crosse of Ledsham, Cheshire this line supported by Commoners | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Crosse of Ledsham | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Crosse of Ledsham | ||||||||||||||
| a. | John Crosse of Cheshire (a 1672) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Crosse of Cheshire (b 1670, d 1738)) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Catherine Crosse | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Johnson of Middleton (b 1714, d 1772) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Christopher Crosse (a 1564, 1602?) | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Elizabeth Crosse | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Bludworth | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Visitation (Crisp, England & Wales, Notes, vol 9 (1911), 'Pedigree of Crosse', p100+), Visitation (William Flower, Lancashire, 1567, Cross of Liverpool) with input/support from the note on 'Crosse of Crosse Hall' within Commoners (vol 1, Cotgreave of Netherlegh, p531)
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