Wixford Warwickshire
Thomas de Cruwe / Crewe 1418 lies with his 1st wife Juliana 1411 under a table tomb in the middle of the south chantry chapel he built after her death.
The latin black letter inscription round the edge of the slab reads
" Hic jacet Thomas de Cruwe Armiger qui istam capellam fecit fieri Qui obijt die mensis Anno domini millimo cccc Et Juliana uxor eius Que obijt vicesimo die mensis Decembr' Anno dni Millesimo cccco undecimo Quor[..] animab[us] ppicietur deus Ame[n] Amen "
(Here lies Thomas de Cruwe, armiger, who built this chapel and who died the ….. day of the month of …… AD 14...… and Juliana his wife who died 20th day of the month of December AD 1411 on whose souls God be merciful Amen Amen) Amen is added twice to fill up surplus space. Between the words are incised his badge of a human foot. The date of Thomas's death has never been filled in.
Their brass effigies , Thomas stands 5 ft. 2½ in. high, he wears full plate armour with a bascinet (helmet) with enriched edging, high gorget, breast-plates, palettes at the shoulders, once enamelled with a cross, brassarts, elbow caps with foiled round plates, gauntlets, skirt of taces, cuisses, and jambs with plain knee-caps, sollerets, and rowel-spurs; his feet rest on a lion; on his left his sword without a belt and on his right his dagger.
Juliana standing 4 ft. 11½ in. high, wears a close head-dress with net pads above the ears and a veil, close kirtle with buttoned sleeves and cuffs extending to the knuckles, and a mantle open in front, held together by tasselled cords and rings; at her foot is a pet dog with a belled collar.
Over them is a double canopy with enriched cinquefoiled pointed arches and ogee gables with crockets and finials; with circles holding the Cruwe badge, a human left foot cut off at the ankle. Between the pinnacles are 4 shields of arms pf Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick; Cruwe impaling Beisyn; Cruwe; & a modern shield with a cross. At the decorated base is the arms of Clopton between the severed foot badge of Cruwe .
Thomas was born c.1358, the son of David Crewe 1401 of Sound, Cheshire, by his 1st wife Maud co-heiress daughter of William Grafton of Grafton, Cheshire
Thomas was Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire , justice of the peace, MP (Knight of the Shire) and high in the service of the Earls of Warwick, being Chief Steward of Richard, Earl of Warwick and of his Council & legal advisor to Margaret Beauchamp Countess of Warwick.
He m1 in 1389 (2nd husband) Juliana dsp 1411 daughter of John Morehall of Moor Hall and Agnes 1403 daughter of Sir Walter Beysin & sister / heir of John Beysin of Longnor Staffs & Billingsley Salop.
Juliana was the widow of John Clopton & step mother of Sir William Clopton 1419 +++ www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Sa309V , lord of the manors of Radbrooke & Quinton to whom Thomas was guardian during his minority and as a trustee of Sir William's settlement of his estate, he held the Manors of Apsley, Wicksford and Morehall for life, under the assignment of Sir William Clopton, possibly in right of Juliana's dower.
This was a fortunate marriage for him as Juliana had inherited from her father the manors of Bickmarsh, Moor Hall and Aspley in Wixford also property in Shropshire; and in 1389 her mother settled on her and Thomas the reversion of the 5 Beysin manors there as well as 3 more in Staffordshire, all of which they were to acquire after the mother’s death in 1403
Thomas & Juliana were also members of the more prestigious guilds at Coventry and Stratford-upon-Avon.
He m2 Alice ……. having no issue
He died childless on 21st September 1418 . In his Will he left 100 marks each to his sister Elizabeth prioress of Chester , to the priests praying for his soul and to the poor and for distribution at his funeral, while among his effects was a considerable quantity of silver plate. His clerk was left a wardship, and the rector of Wixford was to have 10 marks for forgotten tithes. His executors were his sister, his stepson Sir William Clopton (who was residuary legatee) & his wife Joan Clopton www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/r91L37 .
His heirs to his maternal inheritance in Cheshire were the descendants of his half-brother and aunt.
Juliana's estates were placed briefly in the custody of John Throckmorton and William Wollashull (two other Warwick retainers), before passing to William Clopton.
In 1448 Wollashull founded a chantry in the chapel dedicated to the Virgin & St John the Baptist with a priest to pray daily for the souls of Thomas, Juliana and the Cloptons. Its endowment from Thomas' Will consisted of a dwelling in Wixford called Priest's Place, with 2 acres of land and licence in mortmain up to £10 a year. In 1535 the chantry was valued at £4 2s. annually. Originally in his will Thomas had named as chantry priest Richard Elyot who was chaplain to Dame Sybil, widow of William Mitton, lord of the manor of Moor Hall, and that his maintenance was provided by the goodwill of Richard Mitton, her son and heir.
The chapel was thus attached to Moor Hall whose inhabitants had the right of burial in it and the responsibility of its maintenance. and so passed to the owner Sir Rice Griffin on his marriage with Margaret Throckmorton, parents of Rise Griffyn 1597 who has a memorial here.. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/RpKR08 amongst others of his family.
On All Saints' Day the parishioners used to hold a feast at the tomb in the chapel.
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Wixford Warwickshire
Thomas de Cruwe / Crewe 1418 lies with his 1st wife Juliana 1411 under a table tomb in the middle of the south chantry chapel he built after her death.
The latin black letter inscription round the edge of the slab reads
" Hic jacet Thomas de Cruwe Armiger qui istam capellam fecit fieri Qui obijt die mensis Anno domini millimo cccc Et Juliana uxor eius Que obijt vicesimo die mensis Decembr' Anno dni Millesimo cccco undecimo Quor[..] animab[us] ppicietur deus Ame[n] Amen "
(Here lies Thomas de Cruwe, armiger, who built this chapel and who died the ….. day of the month of …… AD 14...… and Juliana his wife who died 20th day of the month of December AD 1411 on whose souls God be merciful Amen Amen) Amen is added twice to fill up surplus space. Between the words are incised his badge of a human foot. The date of Thomas's death has never been filled in.
Their brass effigies , Thomas stands 5 ft. 2½ in. high, he wears full plate armour with a bascinet (helmet) with enriched edging, high gorget, breast-plates, palettes at the shoulders, once enamelled with a cross, brassarts, elbow caps with foiled round plates, gauntlets, skirt of taces, cuisses, and jambs with plain knee-caps, sollerets, and rowel-spurs; his feet rest on a lion; on his left his sword without a belt and on his right his dagger.
Juliana standing 4 ft. 11½ in. high, wears a close head-dress with net pads above the ears and a veil, close kirtle with buttoned sleeves and cuffs extending to the knuckles, and a mantle open in front, held together by tasselled cords and rings; at her foot is a pet dog with a belled collar.
Over them is a double canopy with enriched cinquefoiled pointed arches and ogee gables with crockets and finials; with circles holding the Cruwe badge, a human left foot cut off at the ankle. Between the pinnacles are 4 shields of arms pf Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick; Cruwe impaling Beisyn; Cruwe; & a modern shield with a cross. At the decorated base is the arms of Clopton between the severed foot badge of Cruwe .
Thomas was born c.1358, the son of David Crewe 1401 of Sound, Cheshire, by his 1st wife Maud co-heiress daughter of William Grafton of Grafton, Cheshire
Thomas was Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire , justice of the peace, MP (Knight of the Shire) and high in the service of the Earls of Warwick, being Chief Steward of Richard, Earl of Warwick and of his Council & legal advisor to Margaret Beauchamp Countess of Warwick.
He m1 in 1389 (2nd husband) Juliana dsp 1411 daughter of John Morehall of Moor Hall and Agnes 1403 daughter of Sir Walter Beysin & sister / heir of John Beysin of Longnor Staffs & Billingsley Salop.
Juliana was the widow of John Clopton & step mother of Sir William Clopton 1419 +++ www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Sa309V , lord of the manors of Radbrooke & Quinton to whom Thomas was guardian during his minority and as a trustee of Sir William's settlement of his estate, he held the Manors of Apsley, Wicksford and Morehall for life, under the assignment of Sir William Clopton, possibly in right of Juliana's dower.
This was a fortunate marriage for him as Juliana had inherited from her father the manors of Bickmarsh, Moor Hall and Aspley in Wixford also property in Shropshire; and in 1389 her mother settled on her and Thomas the reversion of the 5 Beysin manors there as well as 3 more in Staffordshire, all of which they were to acquire after the mother’s death in 1403
Thomas & Juliana were also members of the more prestigious guilds at Coventry and Stratford-upon-Avon.
He m2 Alice ……. having no issue
He died childless on 21st September 1418 . In his Will he left 100 marks each to his sister Elizabeth prioress of Chester , to the priests praying for his soul and to the poor and for distribution at his funeral, while among his effects was a considerable quantity of silver plate. His clerk was left a wardship, and the rector of Wixford was to have 10 marks for forgotten tithes. His executors were his sister, his stepson Sir William Clopton (who was residuary legatee) & his wife Joan Clopton www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/r91L37 .
His heirs to his maternal inheritance in Cheshire were the descendants of his half-brother and aunt.
Juliana's estates were placed briefly in the custody of John Throckmorton and William Wollashull (two other Warwick retainers), before passing to William Clopton.
In 1448 Wollashull founded a chantry in the chapel dedicated to the Virgin & St John the Baptist with a priest to pray daily for the souls of Thomas, Juliana and the Cloptons. Its endowment from Thomas' Will consisted of a dwelling in Wixford called Priest's Place, with 2 acres of land and licence in mortmain up to £10 a year. In 1535 the chantry was valued at £4 2s. annually. Originally in his will Thomas had named as chantry priest Richard Elyot who was chaplain to Dame Sybil, widow of William Mitton, lord of the manor of Moor Hall, and that his maintenance was provided by the goodwill of Richard Mitton, her son and heir.
The chapel was thus attached to Moor Hall whose inhabitants had the right of burial in it and the responsibility of its maintenance. and so passed to the owner Sir Rice Griffin on his marriage with Margaret Throckmorton, parents of Rise Griffyn 1597 who has a memorial here.. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/RpKR08 amongst others of his family.
On All Saints' Day the parishioners used to hold a feast at the tomb in the chapel.
www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member...