William_Cromer_(died_1598)

William Cromer (died 1598)

William Cromer (died 1598)

English Member of Parliament

William Cromer (c. 1531-98), of Tunstall, near Sittingbourne, Kent, was an English Member of Parliament (MP).

Life

He was the son of James Cromer (died 1541) and Anne, daughter of Sir Edward Wotton.[1] After his father died, his mother married Robert Rudston, MP for Steyning in 1547, with whom she had further children.[2] The Cromer (or Crowner) family had held the manor of Tunstall since the early fifteenth century.[1]

In 1554 he joined Wyatt's rebellion against Mary I of England, which led to his attainder and the forfeiture of his estate.[1] He was released from the Tower of London and pardoned quite quickly, but the recovery of his lands was expensive and his attainder was not reversed until 1563.[3] He was appointed a Justice of the Peace early in Elizabeth I's reign and served as sheriff of Kent in 1567.[3] In 1573 the queen stayed at Tunstall when traveling between Sittingbourne and Rochester.[4] He served as sheriff for a second time in 1585.[3]

He served as MP for Hythe in 1571, being appointed by William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.[3]

Family

He married:[1]

  • Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Kempe of Wye, Kent
Anne married Sir Thomas Bishopp, 1st Baronet
James (d. 1613)

References

  1. [1]
    Hasted, Edward (1797). The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Vol. 2. pp. 575–6.
  2. [2]
    "RUDSTON, Robert (1514/15-90), of Boughton Monchelsea, Kent". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  3. [3]
    "CROMER, William (c.1531-98), of Tunstall, nr. Sittingbourne, Kent". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. [4]
    Nichols, John (1823). The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth. Vol. 1. p. 353.


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