'LeGross1'
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Families covered: Le Groos (Le Gros) of Crostwayt (Crostwick or Crosthwaite), Le Gross of Sloley
| (1) According to 'Armorial of Jersey' (J. Bertrand Payne, 1859, 'Le Gros', p215+), the name Le Gros "occurs very early in the annals of the Channel Islands' and mentions John Le Gros who was a "Jurat of the Royal Court of (Jersey)' in 1204. Payne identifies the arms of one member of the Jersey family as "Azure, three lions, rampant, or' a chief, argent". (2) Blomefield identifies the arms of a Sir Reginald le Gross of Sloley (a 1306), who does not appear in the pedigree below, as "quarterly, argent and azure, on a bend sable, three martlets". That indicates that there was no known close connection between the Norfolk-based family covered below and the Le Gros family in Jersey. |
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| Simon le Gross | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Oliver le Gross of Sloley (a 1287, 1291) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alianore Felbrigg (dau of Sir Simon Felbrigg) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | ?? le Gross possible intervening generation? not suggested by Blomefield | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John le Gross (a 1370) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Clere (dau of Robert Clere) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir John le Gross | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Tudenham (dau of Sir John Tudenham) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Oliver le Gross of Sloley (a 1439) | ||||||||||||||
| m1/2. Joan Brewes (dau of Sir John Brewes of Salle) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Simon le Gross | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Ingloss (dau of Sir Henry Ingloss of Dilham) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Amitia le Gross | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Ashfield | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | John le Gross (bur c1487?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Heveningham (dau of Sir John Heveningham) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John le Groos (sic) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Herward (dau of Robert Herward of Alburgh) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John le Groos 'of Crostwick' (a 1546) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Cobb (dau of William Cobb of Sandringham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Thomas le Groos | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Paston (dau of Erasmus Paston) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | John le Gross (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Sir Thomas le Gross (a 1603) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Cornwallis (dau of Sir Charles Cornwallis of (family of?) Brome) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Sir Charles le Groos or Gros of Crostwayt, Norfolk | ||||||||||||||
| m. Muriel Knevet (dau of Sir Thomas Knevet of Ashwellthorp) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Thomas le Groos or Gros of Crostwayt (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | Charles le Groos (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ((c)) | Muriel le Groos | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ralph Ward of Horsted | |||||||||||||||
| ((d)) | Bridget le Groos | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Harman | |||||||||||||||
| ((e)) | Frances le Groos | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Barwell (of Grey's Inn) | |||||||||||||||
| ((f)) | Elizabeth le Groos | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Penelope (?) | |||||||||||||||
| ((g)) | Catherine le Groos | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Harman of Wood Dalling | |||||||||||||||
| Crostwayt (Crosthwaite) passed first to their second son, Thomas who d unm after which it passed to his elder brother Charles, who assumed the name Le Groos. | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Anne le Groos | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nathaniel Bacon of Freeston Hall | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Elizabeth le Groos possibly fits here | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles Lovell of Spridlington | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Oliver le Groos (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Amy le Groos | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Valenger of Lynn | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Elizabeth le Groos | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Drake of Litcham | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Mary le Groos | ||||||||||||||
| m. Walter Hall of Norwich | |||||||||||||||
| ((6)) | Thomasine le Groos | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Jonnes of Lynn | |||||||||||||||
| ((7)) | Anne le Groos | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Quarles of Norwich | |||||||||||||||
| ((8)) | Bridget le Groos | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Read of Ringstead | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Robert Read of Ringstead Magna apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Methwold (dau of William Methwold of Rushworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Miles le Groos | ||||||||||||||
| m2/1. Joan White (dau of Sir John White of Shotesham by Joan, dau of Piers Hovell of Swanington) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Rowland Gross | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Thuxton (dau of _ Thuxton of Thuxton) | |||||||||||||||
| Blomefield mentions in the text, but does not show in the pedigree thereby leaving unclear which marriage they were of, that Sir Oliver had 3 daughters as follows. | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Catherine le Gross | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edmund White of Shotesham | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Martham of Martham | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Jane le Gross | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Yelverton (judge) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Oliver, William | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BHO ('An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 11 (1810)', Francis Blomefield, 'Tunstede Hundred: Crostwick')
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