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b. Dodford, 25 Mar. 1407, 2nd s. of John Cressy (d. 1 Oct. 1407) of Dodford by his w. Christine (d.c.1465); bro. and h. of Thomas Cressy (d. 30 Oct. 1407). CIPM, xix. 370-8. On the evidence of two brasses in the church of Dodford, the one to our MP’s parents, and the other to William Wylde (d.1422) and Cecily, our MP’s maternal grandmother, it has been naturally assumed that Wylde was our MP’s maternal gdfa. and that the two brasses were commissioned by our MP’s mother: Trans. Mon. Brass. Soc. xii (3), 212-13; J. Bridges, Northants. i. 55-56. But the record evidence shows that Wylde was not our MP’s gdfa. but rather the 2nd husband of his mother: CP40/651, rot. 370. Thus, eccentrically, our MP’s mother set up a joint brass to her second husband and her mother. m. Constance (d.1486), da. of Reynold, Lord Grey of Ruthin, by his 2nd w. Joan (d.1448), da. and h. of Sir William Astley of Astley, Warws., 1s. Kntd. ?5 Nov. 1429.
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Jt. lt. with Sir William Lucy* of John, earl of Arundel, capt. of Rouen by 9 Mar.-between Aug. and Dec. 1432; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, fr. 26055/1762; nouv. acq. fr. 1482/122; A.E. Curry, ‘English Armies in the Fifteenth Century’, in Arms, Armies and Fortifications in the Hundred Years War ed. Curry and Hughes, 66. capt. of Eu 1 Feb.-29 Mar. 1436; A.E. Curry, ‘Military Organization in Lancastrian Normandy’ (Council for National Academic Awards Ph.D. thesis, 1985), ii. p. lxxiii; Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 25772/938. lt. of Richard, duke of York, capt. of Caen by 4 Nov. 1436–28 Dec. 1437; Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 26061/2978; Caen, Musée des Beaux Arts, Collection Mancel XVI/43. capt. of Gisors 29 Sept. 1441–?Mich. 1442; Curry, ‘English Armies’, 66; Bibliothèque Nationale, pièces originales 929, Cressy 3. of Lisieux, Orbec and Pont-l’Evêque by Feb. 1444–d. Curry, ‘English Armies’, 66.

J.p. Herts. 28 Nov. 1439 – d.

Commr. to take muster of Walter Cressoner, capt. of Le Crotoy, Dec. 1435; distribute allowance on tax, Herts. Apr. 1440.

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CRESSY, Sir John (d.1445), of Dodford, Northants. and Wheathampstead, Herts.
Main residences: Dodford, Northants.; Wheathampstead, Herts.
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