Thomas Crompton; Robert Wrighte; Gilley Merick, Thomas Crompton is described in other Buckinghamshire records as an esquire, titles of Wrighte and Merick are not established here
Dates: Sixteenth- and early-seventeenth-century persons; individual dates not established
Biography
These three men were the named private grantees of the Abbot's Manor under Elizabeth I's 1589 grant. Thomas Crompton is the grantee later reported to have conveyed the manor to John Jackman.
Notes / Sources
The available evidence does not establish whether Crompton acted alone under a partition, as trustee, or with the other grantees' concurrence.
Research sources:
- Princes Risborough Parish historical account, 'The Manor of Risborough or Princes Risborough or Brooke or Abbot's Risborough'; the 1589 grant is also summarized in the Buckinghamshire County Council Historic Town Assessment. — https://astonrowant.wordpress.com/princes-risborough-parish/
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