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Henry Cresset

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Henry Cresset, Esquire

Dates: died 1562

Biography

Sixteenth-century Shropshire landholder who appears as lord of Abdon in 1556 and devised the manor by will in 1562.

Notes / Sources

The source distinguishes his documented lordship from the uncertain instrument by which he acquired the manor.

Research sources:
- A History of the County of Shropshire, volume 10, Abdon, including note on the probable Dudley-to-Cresset conveyance. — https://www.melocki.org.uk/salop/Abdon.html

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