Descendants of Richard CROSSLEY

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1. Richard CROSSLEY

THE PEOPLE OF SCAITCLIFFE
The Crossley family is credited with a long connection to Todmorden, back to Saxon times, when there was an Adam del Croslegh and his wife Matilda living there in the middle of the 1300s. There was also a Roger de Crosselegh who was once fined for putting his hay in the Queen's enclosure in 1336. Unfortunately, the family did not register its pedigree with the heraldry society and the published pedigree is incomplete and inconsistent.

Extract from History of Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland
CROSSLEY, OF SCAITCLIFFE.
RICHARD CROSLE de Cartecliff, who was living in the reign of Henry VIII. Had a son John.

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.

Will of Richard Crossley
Scaitcliffe, Todmorden
Dated 1 February 1587/8 (30th year of Elizabeth 1st reign), I Richard Crossley of the parish of Rachdall, county of Lane, Yeoman.
Bury my body in Rachdall churchyard.
Wife: Elizabeth
Three sons: Anthony, John and James (and their brother Richard?)
Executors: Wife Elizabeth and Son Anthony
Son-in-law: John Healey
Brother-in-laws: William Mitchell, George Whitley, Randle Whitley
Witnesses: Thomas Crabtree, William Crosley and Arthur Chadwick,
Proved: 13 Jan 1588/9

2. Richard CROSSLEY

Mentioned in Father's will of 1587 but in a different context to Anthony, John and James.  He could have been deceased in 1587.

4. John CROSSLEY

Mentioned in father’s will of 1587 - given Ramsden for him and his descendants.

Extract from History of Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland
CROSSLEY, OF SCAITCLIFFE.
JOHN CROSLEY, of Skatclyffe, alive in 1565, is supposed to have died in the 28th ELIZABETH (abt 1561???). He was the father of Anthony.

West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812
John Crosley
Event Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 25 Jan 1567/1568
Baptism Place:Mirfield, St Mary, Yorkshire, England
Father: Richard Crosley

Manchester, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1541-1812
A Son of Richard Crossley
Event Type: Burial
Burial Date: 20 Feb 1625
Burial Place: Rochdale, St Chad, Lancashire, England
Father: Richard Crossley
Reference Number: L48/1/1/2
Archive Roll: 639

6. Jeremy CROSSLEY

A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1911.

In 1626 John son of Anthony Crossley held 120 acres in Scaitcliffe and Shawhead; and Jeremy son of Richard Crossley held 60 acres in Scaitcliffe.