Essex County MA Archives History .....The Ancient Crosses Of Stortford 1903
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Fran Chancellor http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003841 January 29, 2019, 12:10 pm

UPDATE:  2019-01-28
SOURCE:  The Ancient Crosses of Stortford 
                  pages 13-17
                  By J. L. Glassock
                  1903
                  online; Google Book

Thomas Crabbe appears on a Court Roll of the Manor of Picotts in Stortford in 
1422, and in the subsidy rolls for Herts in 1545 under Stortford we find the 
names of John Crabbe and Thomas Crabbe. From the Feet of Fines for 
Hertfordshire for the years 1572 and 1591 I have extracted the 
following. "Mich. 15-16, Eliz. Final concord made at Westminster in the octaves 
of St. Michael 15th year of Queen Elizabeth. Between Thomas Crabbe pit*- and 
William Pilston and Joan his wife and Bichard Willye deforcts of one cottage 
one barn and two gardens with appurt8 in Stortford. (b) I have not seen the 
minutes of the Courts of this Manor after 1806, but since writing the above I 
have met one or two old inhabitants who remember the name of Crabb's Cross 
being associated with this spot.

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And aforesaid William and Joan and Richard have acknowledged the aforesaid 
tenements to be the right of him Thomas and have remised and quit-claimed the 
same to aforesaid Thomas and his heirs for ever. And for this acknowledgement 
&c. the said Thomas hath given to aforesaid William and Joan and Bichard forty 
pounds sterling." "Hil. 34 Ehz. (Mixed Counties.) Final concord made at 
Westminster on the morrow of the Purifica tion of Blessed Mary 34th year of 
Queen Elizabeth. Between Jeremy Gray pit1 and Nicholas Crabbe and Margaret his 
wife and Geoffrey Crabbe deforc*8 of one messuage one garden one orchard twenty-
five acres of land three acres of meadow eight acres of pasture and two 
shillings and ninepence rent with appurt8 in ffarnham Welfield and Biefield (a) 
in the County of Essex. And of ten acres of land with appurt8 in Stortforde in 
the County of Hertford. And aforesaid Nicholas and Margaret and Geoffrey have 
acknowledged the aforesaid tenements to be the right of him Jeremy and have 
remised and quit claimed the same to said Jeremy and his heirs for ever. And 
for this acknowledgement the said Jeremy hath given to aforesaid Nicholas and 
Margaret and Geoffrey one hundred and twenty-one pounds sterling." [Feet of 
Fines for Hertfordshire, P.E.O.] The following items relating to members of the 
Crabbe family are selected from many that occur in the Church wardens accounts. 
1520. pd to Crabbe for Irenwerke and naylis for the said bells 10* 1529. Item 
of Thomas Crabbe for a parcell of a messuage late John Davys in basebolane iijd

The following items relating to members of the Crabbe family are selected from 
many that occur in the Church wardens accounts. 1520. pd to Crabbe for 
Irenwerke and naylis for the said bells 10* 1529. Item of Thomas Crabbe for a 
parcell of a messuage late John Davys in basebolane iijd The name also appears 
in the early years of the Parish Eegister. Baptisms. 1573. Thomas Crabbe 1579. 
Luce Crabb dau of Thomas Crabb glover 1582. Elizabeth dau of George Crabbe 
1583. John son of John Crabbe Marriages. 1574. Henry Morley and Johanno Crabbe 
1578. Robert Emerson and Susanna Crabbe 1582. John Crabbe and Agnes Castell

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Burials. 1565. William Crabbe Sexten 1566. George Crabbe 1579. John Crabb 1582. 
George Crabbe 1580. Thomas Crabb, Senr- There are many other entries of the 
name in the register, but those selected above may be considered sufficient for 
my present purpose. I suggest then that it was from some member of the Crabbe 
family that this cross derived its name, and if my surmise be correct, it would 
appear that it should be written " Crabbe's or Crabb's Cross," and not " Crab's 
Cross," as stated by Chauncy.
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Researched and Compiled by Fran Chancellor

Additional Comments:
Thomas Emerson was the son of Robert Emerson who married Susanna Crabbe, 1578.  
This source discusses information, extracted by Fran Chancellor, regarding the 
CRABBE surname dating back to the early 1400s.

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