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Sir John Cressy (1407-1445)

From the evidence which jurors gave at his proof of age in 1429, it seems that John Cressy was baptised at the parish church of Dodford on 25 March 1407. [4] The earliest unequivocal record of his service in France dates to 9 March 1432 when he was appointed lieutenant in the garrison of the town of Rouen to John, earl of Arundel as captain, with John, duke of Bedford as overall commander of the Norman capital. [5] The earl had taken up the captaincy on 18 November 1431. [6] It is possible that Sir John entered the garrison at the same time. This could imply that he was one of the two knights bachelor who had crossed with Arundel in the ‘coronation expedition’ of May 1430, [7] and that he had chosen to stay in France when the earl returned home at the end of his twelve-month indenture. [8]