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Name ?? Dorrington, D652, F
Father Mr. Dorrington, M
Spouses
1 Mr. Craddock, C632, M
Marriage Memo The Mudd Family, p. 518
Children ?, M
Notes for ?? Dorrington
The Mudd Family, p. 518
Notes for Mr. (Spouse 1)
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16 August, 1593, I RICHARD CRADOCKE of London,
merchant, being sicke of bodye. To be buried in the
parish church at St. Tantlyns in London,St. Antholins,
Budge Row.* where I am now resident. To the
Bailives and Burgesses of the town of Stafford £100 to
be lent to tenne yonge men, occupyers of the said
towne, for the space of twoe yeares, then to other
tenne; also £100 towards the mainteyninge of some godly
preacher to reade in the High Church there one
Divinitie Lecture or Sermon every Sondaye in the
forenoone for euer. Poore of Stafford £20. Sister Emme
Cradocke now servant with Mr Alderman Offley of
London £600. Sister Mary Cradocke £500. Sister Sara
Cradocke £500. Brother Thomas Cradocke at this
present resident in Bayon in France £500. Sister Anne
Cunney £100. Sister Katherine St. Quyntyne £100.
Sister Alice Ridley £100. Jane Mannering servant to
Thomas Offley, son of said Alderman Offley, £100. The
daughters of my sister Mannering £200. My mother
Elizabeth Cradocke £200, she paying to my cosen
Mathew Flier all such sume as were due to him from my
father Mathew Cradocke deceased. Alice Ball,
servant with my mother, £20. Brother Mathew Cradocke
£200. Mathew Cradocke, son and heir to my
brother George Cradocke of Stafford, £100. Walter
Cradocke, son and heir to my brother Francis Cradocke,
£100. Uncle Martin Nowell of Stafford £50. Joseph
Jackson of Bayon £200. Arthur Jackson and John
Jackson £200. Brother William Cradocke £400, so as he
marry an English woman borne within the Realme
of England. Brother George and his wife £20. Brother
Francis and his wife £20. Brother Mannering and his
wife ,£20. Brother Mathew Cradocke and his wife £20.
Cosen Jane Man-nering £6-13-4. Cosen Mr Alderman
Offley £10. Cosen Mr Robert Offley the elder £10, and
his son Robert £10. Arthur [p.42] and John Jackson
and their wives. My aunt Hailingbury £30. Thomas
Stevens servant to Alderman Offley £30. Nicholas
Clarke, Citizen and Merchant Taylor of London, £50.
Thomas and Robert, sons of Alderman Offley, £10
each. Cosen Mathew Flyer and wife £20. Cosen Edward
Flier £10. Jarvis Hall servant to my brother Francis
£40. Mrs Offley, wife of Alder-Offley, £10. Mrs Offley,
wife of Thomas Offley, Mrs Offley, widow, late wife of
Thomas Offley deceased, and Mrs Offley, wife of Robert
Offley the younger, £10 each. Brother Francis
Cradocke £100. Residuary legatees: my sisters Emme,
Mary and Sarah Cradocke and my brother Thomas
Cradocke. Executors: brother Francis Cradocke and
Arthur Jackson. Overseers: Mr Alderman Offley and Mr
Robert Offley the elder. Thomas Fitche, scr., £10.
Witnesses: John Bovyatt, Robert Cocke, Thomas Stevens,
Thomas Fitche, scr. Proved 25 Aug., 1593, by Thomas
Ward, Not. Pub., proctor for the executors
named.Richard Cradock, mercht, buried out of Mr.
Jackson's Aug. 18, 1593. (Register of St. Antholin's,
Budge Row, London.) Cf. the Jacksons named in the
will.* (P.C.C. Neville, 62.)


daughters of my sister Mannering £200. My mother
Elizabeth Cradocke £200, she paying to my cosen
Mathew Flier all such sume as were due to him from my
father Mathew Cradocke deceased. Alice Ball,
servant with my mother, £20. Brother Mathew Cradocke
£200. Mathew Cradocke, son and heir to my
brother George Cradocke of Stafford, £100. Walter
Cradocke, son and heir to my brother Francis Cradocke,
£100. Uncle Martin Nowell of Stafford £50. Joseph
Jackson of Bayon £200. Arthur Jackson and John
Jackson £200. Brother William Cradocke £400, so as he
marry an English woman borne within the Realme
of England. Brother George and his wife £20. Brother
Francis and his wife £20. Brother Mannering and his
wife ,£20. Brother Mathew Cradocke and his wife £20.
Cosen Jane Man-nering £6-13-4. Cosen Mr Alderman
Offley £10. Cosen Mr Robert Offley the elder £10, and
his son Robert £10. Arthur [p.42] and John Jackson
and their wives. My aunt Hailingbury £30. Thomas
Stevens servant to Alderman Offley £30. Nicholas
Clarke, Citizen and Merchant Taylor of London, £50.
Thomas and Robert, sons of Alderman Offley, £10
each. Cosen Mathew Flyer and wife £20. Cosen Edward
Flier £10. Jarvis Hall servant to my brother Francis
£40. Mrs Offley, wife of Alder-Offley, £10. Mrs Offley,
wife of Thomas Offley, Mrs Offley, widow, late wife of
Thomas Offley deceased, and Mrs Offley, wife of Robert
Offley the younger, £10 each. Brother Francis
Cradocke £100. Residuary legatees: my sisters Emme,
Mary and Sarah Cradocke and my brother Thomas
Cradocke. Executors: brother Francis Cradocke and
Arthur Jackson. Overseers: Mr Alderman Offley and Mr
Robert Offley the elder. Thomas Fitche, scr., £10.
Witnesses: John Bovyatt, Robert Cocke, Thomas Stevens,
Thomas Fitche, scr. Proved 25 Aug., 1593, by Thomas
Ward, Not. Pub., proctor for the executors
named.Richard Cradock, mercht, buried out of Mr.
Jackson's Aug. 18, 1593. (Register of St. Antholin's,
Budge Row, London.) Cf. the Jacksons named in the
will.* (P.C.C. Neville, 62.)

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5 Nov., 1608, I GEORGE CRADOCKE of Stafford, co.
Stafford, gent, whole of body. Poor of Stafford. £50 to be
lent out to townsmen there, who shall take one of the
children of my cousin Weldon, and the children of
George Ranshawe, William Ran-shawe and Francis
Ranshawe, and teach them their trade. Sister
Manwaring and her children 10s. apiece. Sister Ridley
10s. Sister Palmer and her children 10s. apiece.
Sister St. Quintin and her children 10s. apiece. Sister
Dorington and daughter 10s. each. Brother Thomas
Cradocke 10s. Brother Mathew Cradoeke and children 20s.
apiece. Brother Coynes children which he had
by my sister 20s. apiece, Godson Hum-frey Weldon 20s.
Johan my wife, for life, one third of all my lands
and leases. Residuary legatee: my son Mathew Cradocke,
with all his mother hath after her decease; or in
default to my cousin Walter Cradocke, or my brother
Thomas Cradocke, or my brother Mathew Cradocke,
or my brother William Cradocke. Executor: son Mathew.
Overseers: brother Thomas Cradocke and brother
in law Thomas Jollye of Leeke. Witnesses: none. Proved
11 Oct., 1611, by the executor named. (P.C.C. Wood,
83.)

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27 Julye, 1618, I THOMAS CRADOCKE of the towne of
Stafford, merchant, being sicke in bodie..To be
buried in St. Mary's church in Stafford. To Dorothie my
wife for life the house wherein I dwell and three
other houses in Stafford, in Westgate street there, and
all those my lands at Syclemore in the parish of
Caytell alias Castell, which I lately purchased of my
nephew John Cowper, son and heir of Edmond Cowper
late of Dunstow in the said county, gentleman,
deceased; with remainder (except as regard one house in
Stafford) to my nephew Walter Craddocke, son and heir
of my brother Francis Craddocke, and to his heirs
males; with divers remainders over, in male tail, to my
nephew Matthew Craddocke, son and heir of my
brother [p.43] George Craddocke, and to my nephew
Mathew Craddocke, second son of my brother Mathew
Craddocke deceased. Dorothy my wife 1800. To my six
sisters Jane Manwaring, Emme Dorrington,
Katherine St. Quentin, Alice Ridley, Mary Palmer and
Sarah White, each £40. To my nephew John Cowper
fourscore pounds. To my niece Elizabeth Craddocke, wife
of my nephew Mathew Craddocke, £10. To George
Craddocke, son of the said Mathew, £20. To Anthony
Dyott, son of my nephew Dyott, £10. To my niece
Dorothy Sawyer, wife of Thomas Sawyer of Suffolk,
mercer, £10. My nephew and servant Thomas Newton
£20. Sister Margaret Nelson £5. Nephew Edward
Manwaring, Esq., £20. Old servant Isabell Robinson £5.
Poor of Stafford £5. Residuary legatee: my wife.
Executors: my wife and the said Edward Manwaring.
Witnesses: John Chelwarde, Thomas Whitegrave, John Lee,
Thomas Thurstans. Proved 31 Oct., 1618, by
the executors named. (P.C.C. Meade, 93.)

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Will of SAMUEL CRADOCK, Rector of Thiselton, co.
Rutland, dated 24 Sept., 1652. Son Mathew £20. Son
Samuel my brasse clocke and Mr Perkins his works and
all my manuscripts. All the rest of my estate I
bequeath to my wife Elizabeth, intreating her to
provide for the rest of my children as God shall enable her.
Sole executrix: my wife; and I enjoin her to give £10
apiece to all my children at their marriages in
consideration of £100 given to my daughter Jorden
(being the legacy of my daughter Mary deceased),
which should have been divided amongst them. Witnesses:
William Redish, Edward Caunt, Richard Ridall.
Proved 26 Aug., 1653, by the executrix. (P.C.C. Brent,
79.)

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In the above most interesting wills we have much light
thrown on the pedigree and connections of Matthew
Cradock, the first Governor of the Massachusetts
Company -- Richard, George and Thomas Cradock being
the uncles, and Samuel, Rector of Thistleton in
Rutland, the elder brother of the Governor. The will of
Matthew Cradock himself has been already printed.See
Hist. of Medford by Charles Brooks, Boston, 1855,
pp. 90-92, and W. H. Whitmore in N. E. Hist.-Gen.
Register, IX, 124.* Pedigrees of the family will be found
both in the British Museum and the College of Arms,Add.
MS., Brit. Mus., 19125, fo. 124, printed in
Register, loc. cit. and Visitation London, 1634, in
Harl. Soc, XV, 198.* and these are considerably amplified
and corrected by the wills, as may be seen by
comparison with the authorities cited.

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page 43
The family arms were: Argent, on a chevron azure, a
mullet charged with a crescent for difference. Crest:
A bear's head couped sable, muzzled gules.Loc. cit.
supra, see also Whitmore's Heraldic Journal, I, pp. 4-5,
15.*
Misc. Notes
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16 August, 1593, I RICHARD CRADOCKE of London,
merchant, being sicke of bodye. To be buried in the
parish church at St. Tantlyns in London,St. Antholins,
Budge Row.* where I am now resident. To the
Bailives and Burgesses of the town of Stafford p100 to
be lent to tenne yonge men, occupyers of the said
towne, for the space of twoe yeares, then to other
tenne; also p100 towards the mainteyninge of some godly
preacher to reade in the High Church there one
Divinitie Lecture or Sermon every Sondaye in the
forenoone for euer. Poore of Stafford p20. Sister Emme
Cradocke now servant with Mr Alderman Offley of
London p600. Sister Mary Cradocke p500. Sister Sara
Cradocke p500. Brother Thomas Cradocke at this
present resident in Bayon in France p500. Sister Anne
Cunney p100. Sister Katherine St. Quyntyne p100.
Sister Alice Ridley p100. Jane Mannering servant to
Thomas Offley, son of said Alderman Offley, p100. The
daughters of my sister Mannering p200. My mother
Elizabeth Cradocke p200, she paying to my cosen
Mathew Flier all such sume as were due to him from my
father Mathew Cradocke deceased. Alice Ball,
servant with my mother, p20. Brother Mathew Cradocke
p200. Mathew Cradocke, son and heir to my
brother George Cradocke of Stafford, p100. Walter
Cradocke, son and heir to my brother Francis Cradocke,
p100. Uncle Martin Nowell of Stafford p50. Joseph
Jackson of Bayon p200. Arthur Jackson and John
Jackson p200. Brother William Cradocke p400, so as he
marry an English woman borne within the Realme
of England. Brother George and his wife p20. Brother
Francis and his wife p20. Brother Mannering and his
wife ,p20. Brother Mathew Cradocke and his wife p20.
Cosen Jane Man-nering p6-13-4. Cosen Mr Alderman
Offley p10. Cosen Mr Robert Offley the elder p10, and
his son Robert p10. Arthur [p.42] and John Jackson
and their wives. My aunt Hailingbury p30. Thomas
Stevens servant to Alderman Offley p30. Nicholas
Clarke, Citizen and Merchant Taylor of London, p50.
Thomas and Robert, sons of Alderman Offley, p10
each. Cosen Mathew Flyer and wife p20. Cosen Edward
Flier p10. Jarvis Hall servant to my brother Francis
p40. Mrs Offley, wife of Alder-Offley, p10. Mrs Offley,
wife of Thomas Offley, Mrs Offley, widow, late wife of
Thomas Offley deceased, and Mrs Offley, wife of Robert
Offley the younger, p10 each. Brother Francis
Cradocke p100. Residuary legatees: my sisters Emme,
Mary and Sarah Cradocke and my brother Thomas
Cradocke. Executors: brother Francis Cradocke and
Arthur Jackson. Overseers: Mr Alderman Offley and Mr
Robert Offley the elder. Thomas Fitche, scr., p10.
Witnesses: John Bovyatt, Robert Cocke, Thomas Stevens,
Thomas Fitche, scr. Proved 25 Aug., 1593, by Thomas
Ward, Not. Pub., proctor for the executors
named.Richard Cradock, mercht, buried out of Mr.
Jackson's Aug. 18, 1593. (Register of St. Antholin's,
Budge Row, London.) Cf. the Jacksons named in the
will.* (P.C.C. Neville, 62.)


daughters of my sister Mannering p200. My mother
Elizabeth Cradocke p200, she paying to my cosen
Mathew Flier all such sume as were due to him from my
father Mathew Cradocke deceased. Alice Ball,
servant with my mother, p20. Brother Mathew Cradocke
p200. Mathew Cradocke, son and heir to my
brother George Cradocke of Stafford, p100. Walter
Cradocke, son and heir to my brother Francis Cradocke,
p100. Uncle Martin Nowell of Stafford p50. Joseph
Jackson of Bayon p200. Arthur Jackson and John
Jackson p200. Brother William Cradocke p400, so as he
marry an English woman borne within the Realme
of England. Brother George and his wife p20. Brother
Francis and his wife p20. Brother Mannering and his
wife ,p20. Brother Mathew Cradocke and his wife p20.
Cosen Jane Man-nering p6-13-4. Cosen Mr Alderman
Offley p10. Cosen Mr Robert Offley the elder p10, and
his son Robert p10. Arthur [p.42] and John Jackson
and their wives. My aunt Hailingbury p30. Thomas
Stevens servant to Alderman Offley p30. Nicholas
Clarke, Citizen and Merchant Taylor of London, p50.
Thomas and Robert, sons of Alderman Offley, p10
each. Cosen Mathew Flyer and wife p20. Cosen Edward
Flier p10. Jarvis Hall servant to my brother Francis
p40. Mrs Offley, wife of Alder-Offley, p10. Mrs Offley,
wife of Thomas Offley, Mrs Offley, widow, late wife of
Thomas Offley deceased, and Mrs Offley, wife of Robert
Offley the younger, p10 each. Brother Francis
Cradocke p100. Residuary legatees: my sisters Emme,
Mary and Sarah Cradocke and my brother Thomas
Cradocke. Executors: brother Francis Cradocke and
Arthur Jackson. Overseers: Mr Alderman Offley and Mr
Robert Offley the elder. Thomas Fitche, scr., p10.
Witnesses: John Bovyatt, Robert Cocke, Thomas Stevens,
Thomas Fitche, scr. Proved 25 Aug., 1593, by Thomas
Ward, Not. Pub., proctor for the executors
named.Richard Cradock, mercht, buried out of Mr.
Jackson's Aug. 18, 1593. (Register of St. Antholin's,
Budge Row, London.) Cf. the Jacksons named in the
will.* (P.C.C. Neville, 62.)

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5 Nov., 1608, I GEORGE CRADOCKE of Stafford, co.
Stafford, gent, whole of body. Poor of Stafford. p50 to be
lent out to townsmen there, who shall take one of the
children of my cousin Weldon, and the children of
George Ranshawe, William Ran-shawe and Francis
Ranshawe, and teach them their trade. Sister
Manwaring and her children 10s. apiece. Sister Ridley
10s. Sister Palmer and her children 10s. apiece.
Sister St. Quintin and her children 10s. apiece. Sister
Dorington and daughter 10s. each. Brother Thomas
Cradocke 10s. Brother Mathew Cradoeke and children 20s.
apiece. Brother Coynes children which he had
by my sister 20s. apiece, Godson Hum-frey Weldon 20s.
Johan my wife, for life, one third of all my lands
and leases. Residuary legatee: my son Mathew Cradocke,
with all his mother hath after her decease; or in
default to my cousin Walter Cradocke, or my brother
Thomas Cradocke, or my brother Mathew Cradocke,
or my brother William Cradocke. Executor: son Mathew.
Overseers: brother Thomas Cradocke and brother
in law Thomas Jollye of Leeke. Witnesses: none. Proved
11 Oct., 1611, by the executor named. (P.C.C. Wood,
83.)

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27 Julye, 1618, I THOMAS CRADOCKE of the towne of
Stafford, merchant, being sicke in bodie..To be
buried in St. Mary's church in Stafford. To Dorothie my
wife for life the house wherein I dwell and three
other houses in Stafford, in Westgate street there, and
all those my lands at Syclemore in the parish of
Caytell alias Castell, which I lately purchased of my
nephew John Cowper, son and heir of Edmond Cowper
late of Dunstow in the said county, gentleman,
deceased; with remainder (except as regard one house in
Stafford) to my nephew Walter Craddocke, son and heir
of my brother Francis Craddocke, and to his heirs
males; with divers remainders over, in male tail, to my
nephew Matthew Craddocke, son and heir of my
brother [p.43] George Craddocke, and to my nephew
Mathew Craddocke, second son of my brother Mathew
Craddocke deceased. Dorothy my wife 1800. To my six
sisters Jane Manwaring, Emme Dorrington,
Katherine St. Quentin, Alice Ridley, Mary Palmer and
Sarah White, each p40. To my nephew John Cowper
fourscore pounds. To my niece Elizabeth Craddocke, wife
of my nephew Mathew Craddocke, p10. To George
Craddocke, son of the said Mathew, p20. To Anthony
Dyott, son of my nephew Dyott, p10. To my niece
Dorothy Sawyer, wife of Thomas Sawyer of Suffolk,
mercer, p10. My nephew and servant Thomas Newton
p20. Sister Margaret Nelson p5. Nephew Edward
Manwaring, Esq., p20. Old servant Isabell Robinson p5.
Poor of Stafford p5. Residuary legatee: my wife.
Executors: my wife and the said Edward Manwaring.
Witnesses: John Chelwarde, Thomas Whitegrave, John Lee,
Thomas Thurstans. Proved 31 Oct., 1618, by
the executors named. (P.C.C. Meade, 93.)

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Will of SAMUEL CRADOCK, Rector of Thiselton, co.
Rutland, dated 24 Sept., 1652. Son Mathew p20. Son
Samuel my brasse clocke and Mr Perkins his works and
all my manuscripts. All the rest of my estate I
bequeath to my wife Elizabeth, intreating her to
provide for the rest of my children as God shall enable her.
Sole executrix: my wife; and I enjoin her to give p10
apiece to all my children at their marriages in
consideration of p100 given to my daughter Jorden
(being the legacy of my daughter Mary deceased),
which should have been divided amongst them. Witnesses:
William Redish, Edward Caunt, Richard Ridall.
Proved 26 Aug., 1653, by the executrix. (P.C.C. Brent,
79.)

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page 43
In the above most interesting wills we have much light
thrown on the pedigree and connections of Matthew
Cradock, the first Governor of the Massachusetts
Company -- Richard, George and Thomas Cradock being
the uncles, and Samuel, Rector of Thistleton in
Rutland, the elder brother of the Governor. The will of
Matthew Cradock himself has been already printed.See
Hist. of Medford by Charles Brooks, Boston, 1855,
pp. 90-92, and W. H. Whitmore in N. E. Hist.-Gen.
Register, IX, 124.* Pedigrees of the family will be found
both in the British Museum and the College of Arms,Add.
MS., Brit. Mus., 19125, fo. 124, printed in
Register, loc. cit. and Visitation London, 1634, in
Harl. Soc, XV, 198.* and these are considerably amplified
and corrected by the wills, as may be seen by
comparison with the authorities cited.

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AMERICAN GENEALOGY.
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AMERICAN GENEALOGY. BY J. HENRY LEA AND
J. R. HUTCHINSON.
page 43
The family arms were: Argent, on a chevron azure, a
mullet charged with a crescent for difference. Crest:
A bear's head couped sable, muzzled gules.Loc. cit.
supra, see also Whitmore's Heraldic Journal, I, pp. 4-5,
15.*
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