Ralph de Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell

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Ralph de Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell 2nd creation (died 27 August 1398), Tattershall in Lincolnshire, was an English peer. He was summoned to the House of Lords as Lord Cromwell in 1375. [1]

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Cromwell died in August 1398, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, Ralph. His grandson, Ralph, 3rd Baron Cromwell, served as Lord Privy Councillor, Treasurer of England and Chamberlain of the Household during the reign of Henry VI. He and Thomas Cromwell share descent from Baron John de Cromwell the first Baron Cromwell.

Family

Ralph married Maud (b.1337), daughter of John Bernack and Joan (d.1361), [2] [3] daughter of John Marmion, 4th Baron Marmion of Winteringham and had the following issue:-

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References

  1. Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP40/541; year 1396; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT6/R2/CP40no541a/aCP40no541afronts/IMG_0312.htm; third entry, as plaintiff; presumably referring to the first Baron Cromwell 'Radus de Cromwell de Tateshale, chevalier '
  2. Cal Inq PMs XI.
  3. Farnham 1919 , p. 466

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