Personal
Data |
Surname |
de
Cressy (Cressey) |
First
Name |
Hugh |
Nickname |
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Dating |
1347 |
Location |
Surfleet |
Life
dates |
1313
- 1347 |
Title |
Sir
of Risegate, Claypole, and Braytoft |
Close
relatives |
(Link),
(Link)
Father - William de Cressy (25 Dec 1291 - Bef 15 Nov 1334)
wife - Matilda (Maud) (b: ABT 1315 - 1355)
Children
Sir John Cressy (b: ABT 1338 in Hodsop, Nottinghamshire, England
- 1383)
Katherine de Cressy (b: ABT 1344 in of Hodsac, Yorkshire,
England)
Elizabeth de CRESSY (b: ABT 1342 in Risegate, Lincolnshire,
England) |
Type
of the object |
effigy |
Place
of manufacturing
(place of burial) |
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Place
of exposition |
Church
of St Laurence, Surfleet, Lincolnshire, England |
Date
of manufacturing |
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Artist |
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Comments |
(Link)
Some say the effigy is actually of Sir Hugh's kinsman Sir Roger
de Cressy. The vote seems to have gone in Sir Hugh's favor because
his will specifically requests that he be buried near the altar
of the church.
Hugh De Cressey
effigy of a knight in armour, said to represent
one of the Cressys of Cressy Hall
(Link)
In chancel a C14 full length effigy, 1313-1347, of Sir Hugh
de Cressy, a knight in chain mail and surcoat, head on lozenge
shaped cushion, feet on a lion, covered by a cusped canopy now
set in the east wall
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