CRONDALL/CRANDALL OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE

by Paul M. Gifford, Flint, MI

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Origins

The historical distribution of the surname Crundall and its variants appears to be in three areas of England: Kent, Hampshire, and Worcestershire and surrounding counties. The Kent family probably takes its name from Crondale, Kent, and that of Hampshire probably from Crondal, Hampshire. The distribution of the family in Worcestershire seems to have been in an area north and west of the town of Worcester.

The will of Edmunde Crondall, of Awlfyrwych (Alfrick), in the parish of Suckley, was proved in 1550; the administration of the estate of Roger Crundall, of Lee (Leigh) was granted in 1565; the will of Philip Crondell, tailor, of Ombersley, was proved in 1587; Thomas Crondall, gentleman, of Abberley, married in 1568; Margery Crondall, of Shellesley Kings, married in 1575.¹ The will of John Crandole, husbandman, of Tanworth, Warwickshire, was proved in 1632.² Humphrey Crundall of Dodenhill (?Dodderhill, Worcestershire) was given a bequest by Humfrey Hardman, of Neene Sollors, Shropshire, yeoman, in 1658, and Thomas and Humphrey Crundall, gentlemen, were bequeathed a tenement in Ludlow, called "The Bull," by Richard James, of Tottenham, in 1658.³

A glance at the map shows that these people lived in a general area northwest of the city of Worcester, taking in neighboring Shropshire and Warwickshire. Since the apparent founder of the Gloucestershire family first appears in Tewkesbury, only about fifteen miles south of Worcester, we can feel confident in assuming that he was born in this area. In support of this, we find that the name is absent from a 1522 list of inhabitants of Gloucestershire.⁴

The geographical distribution of the name in Worcestershire in the 16th century would

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¹Worcester Wills 1451-1600, Index Library, v. 31 (for the

British Record Society, ), pp. .

²Worcester Wills, v. 2.

³PCC Wootton, f. 324; PCC, in:" William Brigg, Genealogical

Abstracts of Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of

Canterbury : Register "Wooton" 1658, vol. 6 (n.p., 1913),

p. 50; vol. 7 (n.p. 1914), p. 23.

⁴R. W. Hoyle, The Military Survey of Gloucestershire, 1522,

Gloucestershire Record Series, v. 6 ([Gloucester]: for the

Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 1993).

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suggest a single origin for this family. Near Bewdley, Worcestershire, are two localities, Upper and Lower Crundles, both on rising ground.⁵ Bewdley is in the same area as the concentration of the surname, and it is therefore not unlikely that a medieval ancestor took his name from these Crundles. There was also a Crundall End in the parish of Abberley.⁶

The first person in our family to appear was Edward Crondall, who was one of fifteen residents of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, including the curate and the stipendiary priest, to appear in a Bishop's visitation in 1548.⁷ Tewkesbury lies on the border with Worcestershire, and he may have come to that town from that county. On 20 October 1564, the name Edward Crondall appears as curate of Tewkesbury in a legal case.⁸ Perhaps the second Edward was a son of the first. Nicholas, perhaps another son, appears next.

Nicholas Crondall (Crundall), born, say, around 1530, perhaps in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, died between 12 October and 6 November 1589 at Winterbourne, Gloucestershire. On 16 November 1564, already a clergyman, he and John Louthe appeared as magistrates in the parish acts of Tewkesbury.⁹ In 1565 he was the incumbent of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire,¹⁰ as he was in 1566 and 1567.¹¹ On 18 July 1567, there was a case against him.¹² On 29 November 1572, Nicholas Crondall was made the incumbent of Winterbourne, with the patronage of Mergerie, widow of Robert Bradstone.¹³ On 3 April 1577, he was sworn and collated by the Bishop of Gloucester to the rectory and parish church of Iron Acton, Gloucestershire.¹⁴

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⁵E. A. Fuller, "Cirencester Castle," Transactions of the

Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society for 1890-

91, p. 115n.

⁶Worcestershire County Records: Calendar of the Quarter

Sessions Papers, vol. 1, 1591-1643, by J. W. Willis-Bund

(Worcester: Ebenr. Baylis & Son, 1900), p. 13, in a

petition of 1598.

⁷MF 1294 (GDR 4), p. 127, Gloucestershire Record Office.

⁸MF 1310 (GDR 21), p. 168, Gloucestershire Record Office.

⁹MF 1310 (GDR 21), p. 177, Gloucestershire Record Office.

¹⁰Ralph Bigland, Historical, Monumental and Genealogical

Collections Relative to the County of Gloucester. Part 3:

Naunton-Twining, ed. by Brian Frith (for the Bristol and

Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 1992), p. 1289.

¹¹MF 1310 (GDR 22), pp. 3, 7; MF 1311 (GDR 24), p. 89,

Gloucestershire Record Office.

¹²MF 1311 (GDR 24), p. 89.

¹³Registrum Matthei Parker, vol. 3: Diocesis Cantuarensis,

A.D. 1559-1575, Canterbury and York Society, v. 39 (London:

Oxford University Press, 1933), pp. 977, 1050f.

¹⁴Hockaday Manuscripts, abstract, citing GDR 27a, p. 97;

Name index in Gloucestershire Record Office refers to an

action concerning Nicholas at Iron Acton on GDR 16, p. 32.

However, his name does not appear on that page.

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In 1583, a storm ruined the the Winterbourne church's stone steeple and damaged the church, which developed into discord between "old Mr. parson Crondall" and his parishioners.¹⁵

By his will, dated 12 October, proved 6 November 1589, he gave son Edward Crundall, stlg*10; daughter Joane (under age), stlg30, to be delivered to William Llen (?), gent., who shall oversee; daughter Elizabeth, stlg10; son Nicholas Crundall, stlg20, my books and best gown; kinswoman Lettice, 40s.; son James Crundall, remainder of estate and advowson of the parsonage; James to be executor; William Llen to be overseer.¹⁶

The name of his wife is not known.

Children of Nicholas Crondall:

i. James Crondall, his executor. As he was bequeathed the advowson of the church of Winterbourne, he must have been the eldest son of Nicholas. On 10 April 1590, James Crondall, of Wynterbourne, yeoman, and John Hart, of there, clothier, were sureties for payments to Nicholas Crundall, clerk, for 1590, 1591, and 1592.¹⁷ James Gondell [sic], now "gentleman," was named as patron in a memorandum, dated at Winterbourne, 26 November 1600, for payments to Robert Bridges, successor to his brother Nicholas as the incumbent.¹⁸ Perhaps James lived at Penterry, since William Crandall below bequeathed money to the poor of that parish, which, if he followed custom, would have been his parish of birth. The advowson of Winterbourne by 1632 had passed to Matthew Buck, gentleman, lord of the Manor of Winterbourne,¹⁹ who received a bequest from William, below. John and William were brothers and, because of their Winterbourne associations and residence, must have belonged to this family. Although no evidence has been found which would prove that they

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¹⁵Angela Green, "An Almondsbury Parish Register,"

Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire

Archaeological Society for 1959, vol. 78 (Gloucester: for

the Society by John Bellows, Ltd., 1960), p. 178.

¹⁶Will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1589, 90 Leicester.

¹⁷Hockaday Manuscripts, Gloucestershire Library,

Winterbourne abstract, citing PRO Comp Books, vol. 2, f. 90.

¹⁸Hockaday Manuscripts, Winterbourne abstract, citing PRO

Comp Books, vol. 12, f. 156.

¹⁹Edward Alexander Fry, Abstracts of Gloucestershire

Inquisitions Post Mortem: Charles I (Index Library, 21)

(London: British Record Society, 1899), p. 5.

*stlg is no doubt an abbreviation for £ sterling. [EPC]

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were children of James, he, rather than Nicholas, was more likely the father of:

a. John Crandall, married 9 February 1606/7, at Henbury, Gloucestershire, Margaret Pickett.²⁰

He was of Winterbourne when in 1609 the administration of his estate, worth stlg 33,6s.,8d. was granted to his brother William.²¹ Perhaps his wife was the sister Margaret mentioned by William in his will.

b. William Crandall, died at sea in 1616. He served as quarter gunner on the East India Company ship New Year's Gift, commanded by Martin Pring, which on 17 January 1613/4 was preparing for a voyage. It returned to England in June 1616,²² but he must have fell ill and wrote his will on 20 May 1616. He gave to his daughter Elizabeth (under age), stlg20; to sister Margaret Crandall, his "shath"; to Martin Pringe, commander of the ship, he to be his daughter's guardian; to Mrs. Pringe, two China girdles, and four pairs of garters to his children; to Edward Graunte, steward, his cloak; to Anthonie Goodson, a doublet cloth of white damask and a fine shirt; to Martin Cheshire, gunner, two drinking cups; to Thomas Lambert one fine shirt; to John Cole, twenty pounds of pepper, all the rest of his apparel, linen and woolen, his bedding, and a jar of sugar; to John Standright of Bristol, forty shillings; to the poor of Pentry, Monmouthshire, twenty shillings; to Thomas Crowther, his gown; to Mathewe Buck of Winterbourne, Gloucestershire,²³ a piece of striped taffeta and an ostrich egg shell; to his unnamed wife he gave 139 pounds of pepper, three pieces of silk, stlg3 in money, and all his china dishes, and she was appointed executrix.²⁴ Child:

1. Elizabeth Crandall. Perhaps she married, on 18 May 1639, at

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²⁰W. P. W. Phillimore, Gloucestershire Parish Registers:

Marriages, vol. 16 (London: Phillimore, 1912), p. 15.

²¹Administration, Prerogative Court of Canterbury.

²²Dictionary of National Biography, s.v. "Pring, Martin."

²³Edward Alexander Fury, Abstracts of Gloucestershire

Inquisitiones Post Mortem: Charles I, Index Library 21

(London: for the British Record Soc., 1899), p. 5. He died

17 September 1631, holding the manor of Winterbourne and the

advowson of the church.

²⁴Will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1616, 121 Cope.

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Minchinhampton, Glocs., --?-- Clarke.²⁵ Although this marriage appears in the IGI, it does not appear in the published Minchinhampton parish register and, until the marriage can be verified, the identification must remain very tentative.

ii. William Crondall, apprenticed 10 June 1573 to Ralph and Joan Dole, soapmaker of Bristol, but died without issue before the date of his father's will.²⁶

iii. Edward Crondall, baptized 12 September 1560 at Tewkesbury.²⁷ In 1589, he and his wife were charged by the Tewkesbury church for a room in seat with Robert Younge and his wife.²⁸

Children:²⁹

a. Edward Crondall, bp. 16 Oct. 1583. He married, 1608 at Ashton under Hill, Glocs., Mary Willies. In 1610, he was made a freeman of Tewkesbury.³⁰ Edward "Crondale" was charged for a pew in Tewkesbury in 1615.³¹

b. Nicholas Crondall, bp. 13 Feb. 1585/6. Perhaps he was the Nicholas Crandall whose daughter, Margery, was baptized 18 February 1614 at St. Peter, Droitwich, Worcestershire.

c. Kellam Crondall, bp. 7 Jan. 1588/9.

d. John Crondall, bp. 25 (or 28) Nov. 1591.

iv. Elizabeth Crundall.

v. Nicholas Crundall, who succeeded his father as incumbent of Winterbourne and was presumably living in 1605 (if the record of the following burial is correct when it says "wife"). He married Elizabeth ----, who, as "wife of Nicholas Crondall clericus," was buried

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²⁵This is in the IGI, but there is no record in the

Minchinhampton parish register.

²⁶Bristol Apprentice Books, 1557-1593, Bristol Record

Office.

²⁷Tewkesbury parish register, Gloucestershire Record Office.

²⁸C. J. Litzenberger, Tewkesbury Churchwardens' Accounts,

1563-1624 (for the Bristol and Gloucestershire

Archaeological Society, 1994), p. 64.

²⁹Tewkesbury parish register.

³⁰"Tewkesburian," They Used to Live in Tewkesbury.

³¹C. J. Litzenberger, Tewkesbury Churchwardens' Accounts,1563-1624, p. 111.

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at Winterbourne 20 June 1605.³² In 1593 another storm damaged the steeple of the church, causing an even "greater varyance" between him and his parish that what had happened to his father ten years previously.³³ On the 8th day of Holy Trinity, 36 Eliz. [3 June 1594], Nicholas Crundall, clerk, and William Veale sued Elizabeth Bradstone, defendant, of the Manor of Winterbourne, with appurtenances and twenty messuages, etc., and forty shillings rent in Winterbourne, and of the advowson of the church of Winterbourne. Warranty was given to William and Nicholas and the heirs of Nicholas against all men, and for this, William and Nicholas gave to Elizabeth stlg 600.³⁴ On 3 December 1597, Nicholas Crundall and William Robinson, vicar of St. Nicholas, witnessed the will of Thomas Mowrey, tailor, of St. Nicholas, Bristol.³⁵ On 7 July 1599, the Archbishop issued a license to two as yet unnamed priests to serve the parish of Winterbourne, Nicholas Crundall being suspended from the exercise of his function by the authority of the royal commissions for ecclesiastical causes.³⁶ His subsequent life has not been determined. The James Crandall who lived in Westerleigh, which borders the parish of Winterbourne, between 1617 and 1621 was most likely to have belonged to the Winterbourne family, since he was clearly not part of the Thornbury family, the only other Crandall or Crundall family in Gloucestershire. The administration below unfortunately does not give the residences of either the older James nor his nephew James, but the names fit well to belong to this family, as well as the fact that John died overseas. Possible children of Nicholas:

a. John Crundall, probably born about 1585 or a bit later, died overseas, and the administration of his estate was granted in 1608 to his paternal uncle

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³²Winterbourne parish register.

³³Angela Green, "An Almondsbury Parish Register," p. 178.

³⁴Sir John Maclean, "Pedes Finium or Excerpts from the Feet

of Fines, in the County of Gloucester, from the 30th

Elizabeth to 20th James I," Transactions of the Bristol and

Gloucestershire Archaeological Society for 1892-93 (Bristol:

for the Society by J. W. Arrowsmith, n.d.), p. 154.

³⁵Sheila Lang and Margaret McGregor, ed., Tudor Wills Proved

in Bristol, 1546-1603, Bristol Record Society's Pubs. 44

(for the Bristol Record Society, 1993), p. 32.

³⁶Hockaday Manuscripts, Winterbourne abstracts, citing Lamb

Reg Whitgift III, f. 106.

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James Crundall, during the minority of James Crundall, his brother, and Elizabeth, Deborah, Ann, and Margaret, his sisters.³⁷ Although the original record gives no indication of the English residence of his heirs, the fact that he died overseas at that date could indicate Gloucestershire, as it was a maritime county. A survey of Crundall records in the International Genealogical Index (which is far from complete, but still has relatively good coverage for Worcestershire and Gloucestershire) shows no other Jameses in the 16^th and 17^th centuries except James Crandall of London, who had children baptized between 1596 and 1603.

b. James Crandall, under age in 1608 (if correctly identified as above), was living in 1621 at Westerleigh, Gloucestershire. He married, as his first wife, Eleanor --?--, who was buried 8 June 1618 at Westerleigh. The name of his second wife is not known. Children of James Crandall, the first by Eleanor, the second by an unknown second wife:³⁸

1. John Crandall, baptized 15 February 1617/8 at Westerleigh, Glocs., presumably the Baptist elder who settled in Rhode Island by 1643, and who died at Newport in 1676. The chief reasons for the identification are not only that his name was rare and he seems to disappear from Gloucestershire records, but that he was one of the founders of the town of Westerly, Rhode Island. In addition, Seventh Day Baptists were present in Gloucester by 1620, when three of the principal burgesses of Tewkesbury who observed Saturday as the Sabbath were warned that they would be removed from office if they would not acknowledge the Fourth

Commandment.³⁹ Some of the early Rhode Island Sabbatarians

came from Gloucestershire. Stephen Mumford (c.1639- 1707), one of

the organizers of the Newport church, was a member of the Natton

Seventh Day Baptists at Ashchurch and

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³⁷Administrations, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1608, p.118.

³⁸Westerleigh parish register, Gloucestershire Record Office.

³⁹A History of the County of Gloucester, ed. C. R. Elrington, vol. 8 (Victoria Histories of the Counties of England) (Oxford: for the Institute of Historical Research by the Oxford University Press, 1968), p. 149.

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fled from Tewkesbury.⁴⁰ Arnold Collins (d. 1735), a Newport merchant and leading member of the church there, was probably the son of Arnold Collins, a Bristol grocer who went to Virginia by 1665. In addition to this evidence of certain Rhode Island Baptists coming from Gloucestershire, we should mention the tradition that John Crandall was from Monmouthshire. Monmouthshire is next to Gloucestershire, and, as noted above, William Crandall bequeathed money to the poor of "Pentry" [Penterry], Monmouthshire.⁴¹

2. Ann Crandall, baptized 30 December 1621.

c. Elizabeth Crundall.

d. Deborah Crundall.

e. Ann Crundall.

f. Margaret Crundall.

vi. Joan Crundall, under age in 1589, so probably born about 1575.

The Thornbury Crandalls (Crendalls) were another family and it is not known whether it was related to that of Nicholas. A William Crondall or Crundale lived in St. Owen, Gloucester, in 1551, and Stroud in 1556.⁴² Elizabeth Crondall, perhaps his widow, lived in Stroud in 1570 and 1571.⁴³

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⁴⁰Jackie Perry, "Natton Seventh Day Baptist Church,

Ashchurch," Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire

Archaeological Society 114 (1996): 105. The brothers Lot

and John Strange, who settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island,

were apparently from Ashchurch, Lot being baptized there 3

June 1623.

⁴¹Unfortunately the parish registers of the Penterry area

start at a much later time. The Gwent Record Office

apparently has no records which would document Penterry in

the early 17th century, nor do any Crandalls appear as

testators in the Archdeaconry of Llandaff. There are no

testators in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury from

Penterry in this period.

⁴²Gloucestershire Record Office name index, citing GDR 7, p.

27/29, GDR 11, p. 229.

⁴³Ibid., citing GDR 9, pp. 49, 125.

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William Crandell was buried at Thornbury 29 December 1591.⁴⁴ He married, as his first wife, in 1575, Catherine Ady. He married, as his second wife, on 27 May 1589, at Thornbury, Glocs., Catherine Flide. Presumed children, the Thornbury register not naming the parents of the children baptized:

i. William Crendall, bp. 22 October 1587 at Thornbury. He married, on 18 January

1607[?/8], at Cromhall, Gloucestershire, Margaret Wall.⁴⁵ In 1608, he lived at Kynton and Rangeworthy, Gloucestershire.⁴⁶ Children:

a. William Crandall (Crendall), bp. 5 September 1613 at Thornbury. William Crandall "of Thornbury" married, on 17 August 1637, at St. Peter's, Dyrham, Glocs., Jane Cambourne. Perhaps his widow was Mary Crendall, widow, who married, on

4 Feb. 1669/70, at Oldbury upon Severn, Glocs., John Willcocks.⁴⁷ There was a

John Crendall, vintner of Bristol, who died in 1695,⁴⁸ and who may have been a son. John Crendall married, on 5 Nov. 1682, at St. Augustine the Less, Bristol,

Elizabeth Billingsley.

b. Joan (Johane) Crandall, bp. 17 December 1615 at Thornbury.

ii. Margery Crandall, bp. 4 July 1589, bur. 23 July 1589 at Thornbury.

iii. Thomas Crandall, bp. 21 November 1591 at Thornbury.

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⁴⁴Thornbury parish register is the source for all the

Thornbury dates; searched 1586-1595, 1610-1620.

⁴⁵IGI. The register needs to be searched.

⁴⁶John Smyth, Men & Armour for Gloucestershire in 1608

(Gloucester: A. Sutton, 1980), p. 226.

⁴⁷Phillimore, Gloucestershire Parish Registers.

⁴⁸Inventory, Bristol Deanery.

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APPENDIX

GLOUCESTERSHIRE RECORD OFFICE

MF 1294 (GDR 4), f. 127

[1548]

Pecha

Tewkysbury Dns Robartus Cryton curat

[illegible line]

Dns Thomas Francklyn stipendarij

Hugo Bucknall }

Robartus Nycholas }

Thomas Dawnbett }

Walterus Steward }

Thomas Harley

Robartus [uncertain] jura ephb

Thomas Boke

Edwardus Crondell

Johes Sterche

Thomas Wylkynson

Myles Kyge

MF 1310 (GDR 21), f. 168

Oct. 20 1564

Officia Diupunct [unc.] Comp[er]uit dcno Richards et

Faletyr erieniij sod allegat

Georgium [name illegible] se als puniti finisse

p[er] officiariis D[omi]no Regnie et

de Tewkesburie het ad certificand de

commiss[ioni]s sub pena inas intro

in causa [unc.] ducto certificatorio Edward

Crondall [unc.] curatis de

incontinuencie commiss Tewkesbury, Henrie Wood, Peter

Gustocke, Michael

in socosa Lawrence & Richard Brentey

p[ar]ochium ibiis Ju[unc.]

demisit dcn Richards ab ulteriori

impetrice officicis

in hac p[aroc]he

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MF 1310 (GDR 21), f. 177

Nov. 16 1564

Acta habibi et facta in aclia parochiali de

Tewkesburie die Jovrio viz xvi die mensis Nouembris

Anno die 1564 coram Dno Nicho crondall cluo Surrogat

venerabilis vir Mri Johannis louthe in legibz [unc.]

MF 1310 (GDR 21), f. 275

[1566]

Officium diu quo citat comp[er]uit et supplex vernia

petit a dco duo

Nicholij Crondall Bpo pre do qd mistravit in duobz

eaclys p[er]

cur de Tewkesbury Anni et vltra

MF 1310 (GDR 22), f. 3

Jun. 1566 Tewexbury Nicholas Crodall Curat ex luas

ordine

MF 1310 (GDR 22), f. 7

Tewkesbury Nicholas Crondall Curat

Nicholas Clevely

James Phelpes

John Ricardes

Richard Parr

Richard greye

Henrye Slysie

George Frebanke

Edmonde ffloke

Edward Nutlye

Thomas Vnderhill

Wyllia Tomy

Alexander Grene

Robert Davis

Richarde Bondye

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MF 1311 (GDR 24), f. 89

Jul. 18, 1567

[case against Nicholas Crundall, curate of Tewkesbury]

....comperuit Dns crundall clicus ....

PARISH REGISTERS

Henbury, Gloucestershire

John Crandell & Margaret Pickett were wedded the ixth

February with a dispensation from the Ordinary

notwithstanding ye bans being thrice asked - 9 Feb 1606/7

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

Baptisms, 1559-1598

1560 Sep 12 Edward Crondall, ye sonne of Nicholas Crondall

1583 Oct. 16 Edward ye son of Edward Crondall

1585 Feb. 13 Nicholas ye son of Edward Crondall

1588 Jan. 7 Kellam, son of Edward Crundall

1591 Nov. 25/28? John ye son of Edward Crondall

Thornbury, 1586-1595, 1610-1620

1587 William Crandall baptized the xxii of October John

Ma[unc.] Joane [unc.] & [unc.] Edwards witnes

1589 Margery Crandall buried the xxiij day of July

1589 William Krandell & Caterine fflide maried the xxvij day of may

1589 Margery Crandall baptized the iiijth day of July Willm

Pruden godfather Jone Varrand & Cicely Prake godmothers

1591 Thomas Crandall baptized the same day [21 November]

Edward W[unc.] Richard fflide godfather & Elen Earle godmother

1591 William Crandall buried the xxixth day of December

1613 September. The 5th day was baptised William Crendall

witness William Tanner William ffowler & Elizabeth Grimson

1615 Johane Crendall was baptised the same day [17 December]

witnesses John Whitfield Joane Jobbines Johane Tanner

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1620 June. Elizabeth Crindall was buryed the same day (25 June)

Winterbourne, 1600-1643

1605 June 20 Elizabeth wife of Nicholas Crondall clericus [buried]

Westerleigh, 1596-1640

1617[/8] John ye son of James Crandell was baptised ye 15 February

1618 Elnor ye wife of James Crandall was buried 8 day of June

1621 Ann ye daughter of James Crendall was baptised ye 30 September

(Note: the registers of Cambourne (marriages, 1600-1641);

Mangotsfield, and Frampton Cotterell for the early 17th

century were searched without finding Crandalls.)

WILLS

Will of Nicholas Crundall

(Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1589, 90 Leicester)

IN THE NAME OF GOD: AMEN this twelfe daye of october in the one and thirtie yeare of the raigne of our soueraigne Ladye Elizabethe by the grace of god queene of England, ffraunce and Ireland defender of the faiethe Anno Dei a thousand five hundred eightie nyne I Nicholas Crundall person of winterborne in the Countie of Glouc clerke beinge sick in bodye but god be thancked of good and perfect memorie doe ordeyne and make my last will and testament in manner and forme following that is to saye ffirst I giue and bequeathe my sowle to almightie god my maker and only saviour and redeemer And my body to be buried in the parishe churche of Winterborne aforesayd Item I giue and bequeathe vnto Edward Crundall my sonne tenne poundes Item I giue and bequeathe vnto Joane Crundall my daughter thirtie poundes to be deliuered vnto William Llen gent to be by him imployed to her vse And him I doe ordeyne to haue the bringinge vpp of my sayde daughter vntill she come to lawfull age Item I giue and bequeathe vnto Elizabethe my dawghter tenn poundes and thre yardes of white clothe Item I giue and bequeathe vnto

Nicholas Crundall my sonne twentie poundes all my bookes and my best gowne Item I giue and bequeathe vnto Lettice my kinswoman fortie shillings The residue of all my goodes and cattells as well moveable as vnmoveable and also the advowson of my personage of winterborne I giue and bequeathe vnto James my sonne whom I ordeyne and make the wholl and sole executor of this my last will and testament I doe also ordeyen and make William Llen gent the overseer of this my last will and testament And to him I giue in token of frendshipp and good will five shillings desyring him to see all theis my Legacies and guifts performed accordinge to the tenor and trew meaninge hereof. Theis witnesses William Llen gent Richard Taylor and John Midleton.

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PROBATUM fuit testamentum suprascriptum apud London coram venerabili viro m[agist]ro Willmo Drury Legum doctore curie Prerogative Cant magro custodo siue commissario .. Sexto die mensis Novembris Anno dei millimo quingentesimo octagesimo nono iuramento Jacobi Crundall filij .. defuncti executrice in hu.. testamento nominat cui commissa fuit administratio bonorum iurium et creditarum eiusdem def de bene et fideli administrand .. ad sra dei evangelia iurat.

[Proved at London before Mr. William Drury, Ll.D., master warden or commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, the sixth day of the month of November in the year of Our Lord one thousand five hundred eighty nine by the oath of James Crundall son of the said deceased, named executor in this testament to whom was granted the administration of goods, rights, and debts....]

Will of William Crandall

(Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1616, 121 Cope)

IN THE NAME OF GOD: AMEN: I William Crandall quarter gunner of the good [ship] New yeare's gifte beinge sick and weake in bodie but of sound and perfect memorie praised be god for yt doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and forme following first I give and bequeath my soule unto the hands of Allmightie god my creator and redeemer and my body when itt shall please god to separate my soule from yt unto the earth from whence it was taken to be buried with Christian buriall and as for all my worldly wealth which it hath pleased Almightie god to indue me withall I give and bequeath it as followeth Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Crandall twentie poundes in money the which some I doe Intreat my good frend Mr Martin Pringe Com[m]ander of this said ship to take the chardge and oversight of and to put out the same to the best benefitt and behof of my said daughter for her better preferment, when she shall come to age And if yt should please god to call my said daughter out of this worlde before she shall come to yeares of discretion then I give and bequeath the aforesaid twentie poundes to the said Martin Pringe Item I give and bequeath unto Mrs Pringe his wife two China girdles and amonge his children fouer payer of garters Item I give unto Edward Graunte Steward of the said ship my cloake Item I give unto Anthonie Goodson a doublet cloth of white damaske and a fine shirte

Item I give unto Martin Cheshire gunner two drinkinge cupes Item I give unto Thomas Lambert one fine shirte Item I give unto John Cole twentie pounds of pepper and all the rest of my apparrell both linnen and wollen and my beddinge and a Jarr of Sugar Item I give unto John Standright of Bristoll ffortie shillings in money Item I give unto the poore of the parish of Pentry in the countie of Monmouth twentie shillings to be equallie devided amongst them Item I give unto my sister Margrett Crandall my shath Item I give unto Thomas Crowther my gowne Item I give unto Mathewe Buck of Winterborne, in the Countie of Glocester a peece of striped taffetie and an Estrich egshell Item I give unto my wife the rest of my pepper beinge aboute one hundred thirtie and Nyne poundes three peeces of silke stuffe and three poundes in money and all my china dishes And I constitute and ordaine my said wife to be my lawfull and sole Executrix In witnes whereof I have hereunto putt my hand and seale this sixe and twentith day of May Anno domini 1616. William Crandall Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us p[er] me Richard Willcockes William Tillett p[er] me Zacharie Dodneman.

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PROBATUM FUIT TESTAMENTUM SUPRA SCRIPTUM:

Apud London coram venerabili viro domino Johanne Bennet milite et legum doctore curie Prerogative Cant magro custode sive Commissario ltme constituto Secund die mensis decembris Anno domini Millesimo sexcentesimo decimo sexto juramento Crandall Relicte et Executricis in huimod testamento nominati cui comissa fuit administraro... et singulo[rum] bono[rum] iurio[rum] et credito[rum] dicti defuncti de bene et fideliter administrand eadem ... sancta dei Evangelia Vigore Comissionis als in ea parte emanat Jurat.

[Proved at London before Sir John Bennet, Ll.D., master warden or commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 2 December 1616 by ------ Crandall, relict and executrix]

ADMINISTRATIONS, PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY

vol. 4, p. 117:

Jacobus Sexto die emanavit comissio Jacobo

Crundall Crundall nup[er] decenden in p[ar]tibus

vltramarinis, habente [unc.] Ad administr

bona Jura et credita d[ic]ti def[unct]e duran

minor etate Jacobi Crundall fr[atern]is,

Elizabethe, Debore, Anne et Margarete

Crundall sorori dci def, de bene pr invat

[in right margin]:

decendent in

p[ar]tibus

vltramarinis

Inn exli iiij

vol. 4, p. 118:

Johannes Sexto die amanavit comissio Jacobo Crundall

Crundall patrno nali aet ltmo Joh[ann]is Crundall

nuper decenden in p[ar]tibus ultramarinis hent ad

aministrand bona Jura et credita d[ic]ti def[unct] duran etate

Jacobi Crundall fr[atern]is, Elizabethe, Debore, Anne, et

Margareta Crundall sorori nat et ltimat eiusdem

defuncti de benes et vivat

Inv x iiij 30

The published abstract of the above is:

Crundall, Jn., d. overseas. To Jas. C., pat. unc. dur. min. Jas. C., bro., & Eliz., Deborah, Ann and Mgt., sis's. 1608, p. 118⁴⁹

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Also:

Crandall, Jn., Winterbourne, Glos. To Wm. C., bro. 1609, p. 169.⁵⁰

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⁴⁹Index to Administrations in the Prerogative Court of

Canterbury, vol. 4: 1596-1608, Marc Fitch, ed. (The Index

Library, 81) (London: British Record Soc., 1964), p. 36.

⁵⁰Index to Administrations in the Prerogative Court of

Canterbury, vol. 5: 1609-1619, Marc Fitch, ed. (The Index

Library, 83) (London: British Rec. Soc., 1968).

RESEARCH PROSPECTUS

The above was compiled from research in parish registers, wills, administrations, court records, episcopal visitations, apprenticeship registers, and published sources. Gloucestershire is relatively well represented in the International Genealogical Index, which although incomplete and not without errors, is by far the most thorough index of parish registers. The Great Index at the Society of Genealogists covers published sources, as well as index to such unpublished records as Chancery cases, at a national level. From these sources we can get a good idea of the distribution of the name Crundall and variants. The rarity of the name suggests that the reconstruction of all known Crundall families living in 16th-century England might be possible.

Further research should focus on James and Eleanor Crandall of Westerleigh and their connections. One obvious source which might be searched are all Winterbourne and Westerleigh wills. These could reveal relationships and may show Crandalls appearing as witnesses or overseers. There are 104 such wills dating between 1591 and 1640. The cheapest method would probably be to hire a researcher in Salt Lake City to search for and make copies of the wills.

Church of England records at Lambeth Palace might provide further information on Edward and Nicholas, Sr. and Jr. It would be desirable to find further record of Nicholas's suspension for ecclesiastical causes in 1599.

It appears that the earliest known member of this family was Edward Crondall, who appears in Tewkesbury in 1548. Since the family was apparently absent from Gloucestershire in 1522, it is likely that Edward became a freeman of the borough after that date, probably through an apprenticeship. The lay subsidy rolls of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire, especially those of 1524-5 and 1544-6, which are comprehensive, should be searched at the Public Record Office, at least for Tewkesbury⁵¹ and the localities in Worcestershire where the family is known to have existed later in the century. A skilled and experienced researcher would be necessary for these tasks.

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James Crondall (son of Nicholas) held the advowson of the Manor of Winterbourne, and perhaps the records of the Feet of Fines at the Public Record Office, organized by year and then by county, might be used to determine the history of the advowson, and perhaps might indicate whether he purchased property in Penterry. If it can be shown that he was dead by 1608, the tentative placement of James of Westerleigh as son of Nicholas would then be negated.

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⁵¹Rolls for the manor of Tewkesbury Barton survive for 1545 and 1546 (S.C. 2/175/3ff. 4-5, 33; S.C. 2/176/17).

On a broader scale, the history of the Baptists, especially Seventh-Day Baptists, in early 17^th-century Gloucestershire should be explored. Some of the evidence here shows that such beliefs were present in the county by 1620.

Submitted to Earl P. Crandall by Paul M. Gifford 11 Sep 1997

Baptismal record of Elder John¹ Crandall, Westerleigh, Gloucestershire

The Church at Westerleigh, Gloucestershire

Photo courtesy of member ^#168, Joy Reeb of Sandpoint, ID.