Alexander Creyke

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Alexander Creyke, whose ancestry is unknown (or not traced here), died before 4 September 1485, when his will was proved.1,2

Alexander married Isabel White, daughter of Thomas White.1

Alexander Creyke left a will dated 1465: 3
be buried in the church of the Friars Minors in that City, before the cross in the body of the church ; if, however, he should die " in partibus vicinis patriae " he desires to be buried in the church of the Blessed Mary at Beverley.
To his daughter Margaret he gives 40 marks towards her marriage.
To his son Roger Creyke he leaves lands in Beverley of the value of four marks per annum.
He also mentions Thomas Creyke his son and heir and Isabella his wife.

Per his will, he desired to be buried before the cross in the Church of Friars Minors in London, or if he died in his own county, to be buried in St. Mary's, Beverly.1

Family

Isabel White d. bef. 13 Nov 1488
Child
This person was last edited on7 Sep 2016

Citations

  1. [S2051] J. W. Clay, editor, Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions (3 vols., Exeter, England: William Pollard & Co., 1899-1917), 2:447, further cited as Clay, Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire.
  2. [S950] Joseph Foster, Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire (Two vols., London: W. Wilfred Head, 1874), 1:2 (Creyke), further cited as Foster, Pedigrees of Yorkshire.
  3. [S2075] James Raine, John Williams Clay, and James Raine [Jr] Testamenta Eboracensia, or Wills Registered at York: Illustrative of the history, manners, language, statistics, etc., of the province of York, from the year MCCC downwards, 6 vols. (: Surtees Society), 2:167n, further cited as Raine, Clay, and Raine, Testamenta Eboracensia.