Ralph de Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell
English peer
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.
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), daughter of John Marmion, 4th Baron Marmion of Winteringham and had the following issue:-
Ralph Cromwell. Son and heir.
Amice de Cromwell
Maud de Cromwell
Elizabeth de Cromwell
References
Bibliography
Farnham, George F. (1919). Leicestershire Manors: The Manors of Allexton, Appleby and Ashby Folville (PDF). Leicester: Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society.
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors).
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