Brad Verity
2012-05-05 22:03:24 UTC
From 1682 to 1685 the Province of Rhode Island had for its Governor,
one Edward Cranfield, Esquire, who proved a highly unpopular
Governor. A description of him in a post by blogger 'Mike in New
Hampshire' sums him up: "He was in New England mostly to scoop up as
much wealth as possible by controlling who got what land that was
granted to Mason and now being managed by his son. Using the power of
his office, he assigned councilors, dismissed and punished the ones
that disagreed with him, convened and disbanded councils at will,
etc. He had tried raising all kinds of taxes, jailing people
(including Pastors) and anything else he could think of to further his
fortune. In the end, the colonists hated him. His Sheriffs’ and Tax
collectors were driven off or beaten and his orders ignored. London
finally gave him the boot in 1685, the same year James II ascended to
the throne." (http://mikenh.wordpress.com/tag/edward-cranfield/)
Jeremy Belknap wrote 'The History of New Hampshire' in the 1700s, and
gives some further information on Edward Cranfield in a footnote (2nd
Edition, pub. 1813, Vol. II, p. 369):
http://books.google.ca/books?id=ipY-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA369&dq=Edward+Cranfield+buried+Bath&hl=en&sa=X&ei=A5ilT9TuJaeciALU85X5Bw&sqi=2&ved=0CEUQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Edward%20Cranfield%20buried%20Bath&f=false
The information includes the intriguing facts that Cranfield was "of
the family of Lord Monteagle", that he went to Barbados after New
Hampshire, that "he died about the beginning of the prefent century",
that "he was buried in the Cathedral Church, at Bath, in England",
and, most interesting, is that he left descendants, including at least
one in Jamaica, Belknap's informant.
Cranfield appears to have been buried at Bath Abbey on 8 November
1700:
http://archive.org/stream/registersabbeyc00jewegoog#page/n79/mode/2up
'Complete Peerage', Vol. 9 (1936), p. 232 (sub Morley), gives one of
the daughters of William, 13th Lord Morley & Monteagle as “(ii)
Elizabeth, who m. Edward Cranfield, of whose issue, if any, nothing is
known.” The chronology works well for Governor Edward Cranfield to
have been her son, which is what his brief bio in Wikipedia presumes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Cranfield
If so, Governor Cranfield had many descents from Edward III thru his
mother Hon. Elizabeth Parker. Here is one:
Edward III, who had:
1) Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence (1338-1368), who had
2) Philippa of Clarence, Countess of March (1355-1377), who had
3) Elizabeth Mortimer (1371-1417) m. 1) Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy
(1364-1403), and had
4) Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1394-1455) m. Eleanor
Neville (1403-1472), and had
5) Anne Percy (1443-1522) m. 1) Sir Thomas Hungerford (c.1442-1469),
and had
6) Mary, Lady Hungerford (1468-1533) m. 1) Edward, 2nd Lord Hastings
(1466-1506), and had
7) Anne Hastings (c.1485-1550) m. Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby (c.
1481-1521), and had
8) Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby (1509-1572) m. 1) Lady Dorothy
Howard, and had
9) Lady Elizabeth Stanley (c.1535-1591) m. Henry Parker, 11th Lord
Morley (1531-1577), and had
10) Edward Parker, 12th Lord Morley (c.1552-1618) m. Elizabeth Stanley
of Monteagle (1558-1585), and had
11) William Parker, 13th Lord Morley (1575-1622) m. Elizabeth Tresham
(1573-1648), and had
12) Hon. Elizabeth Parker m. Edward Cranfield (of London?), and had
13) Edward Cranfield (d. 1700), Governor of New Hampshire 1682-1685
Certainly more information needs to be gathered for the parents of
Governor Cranfield. I at first thought Elizabeth Parker's husband was
Hon. Edward Cranfield of Copt Hall (c.1625-1648), youngest son of the
1st Earl of Middlesex, but he appears to have died unmarried. He was
probably near-related though, as the 1st Earl of Middlesex was from a
family of wealthy London merchants.
Whether it was Edward Cranfield the Governor, or his father who
brought the following suit is unclear:
"25 July 1663 -- Application for an order to stay a suit brought in
the Prerogative Court by Edward Cranfield against Lord Morley. Lords
Journals, XI. 574." [A2A Catalogue/Parliamentary Archives/House of
Lords: Journal Office/HL/PO/JO/10/1/319]
Any descendants of Governor Cranfield would be co-heirs to the
Baronies of Morley & Monteagle, so it will be interesting to research
further. At the least, we have an addition here to 'Complete
Peerage', as well as to 'Royal Descent of 600 Immigrants'.
Cheers, -----Brad
one Edward Cranfield, Esquire, who proved a highly unpopular
Governor. A description of him in a post by blogger 'Mike in New
Hampshire' sums him up: "He was in New England mostly to scoop up as
much wealth as possible by controlling who got what land that was
granted to Mason and now being managed by his son. Using the power of
his office, he assigned councilors, dismissed and punished the ones
that disagreed with him, convened and disbanded councils at will,
etc. He had tried raising all kinds of taxes, jailing people
(including Pastors) and anything else he could think of to further his
fortune. In the end, the colonists hated him. His Sheriffs’ and Tax
collectors were driven off or beaten and his orders ignored. London
finally gave him the boot in 1685, the same year James II ascended to
the throne." (http://mikenh.wordpress.com/tag/edward-cranfield/)
Jeremy Belknap wrote 'The History of New Hampshire' in the 1700s, and
gives some further information on Edward Cranfield in a footnote (2nd
Edition, pub. 1813, Vol. II, p. 369):
http://books.google.ca/books?id=ipY-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA369&dq=Edward+Cranfield+buried+Bath&hl=en&sa=X&ei=A5ilT9TuJaeciALU85X5Bw&sqi=2&ved=0CEUQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Edward%20Cranfield%20buried%20Bath&f=false
The information includes the intriguing facts that Cranfield was "of
the family of Lord Monteagle", that he went to Barbados after New
Hampshire, that "he died about the beginning of the prefent century",
that "he was buried in the Cathedral Church, at Bath, in England",
and, most interesting, is that he left descendants, including at least
one in Jamaica, Belknap's informant.
Cranfield appears to have been buried at Bath Abbey on 8 November
1700:
http://archive.org/stream/registersabbeyc00jewegoog#page/n79/mode/2up
'Complete Peerage', Vol. 9 (1936), p. 232 (sub Morley), gives one of
the daughters of William, 13th Lord Morley & Monteagle as “(ii)
Elizabeth, who m. Edward Cranfield, of whose issue, if any, nothing is
known.” The chronology works well for Governor Edward Cranfield to
have been her son, which is what his brief bio in Wikipedia presumes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Cranfield
If so, Governor Cranfield had many descents from Edward III thru his
mother Hon. Elizabeth Parker. Here is one:
Edward III, who had:
1) Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence (1338-1368), who had
2) Philippa of Clarence, Countess of March (1355-1377), who had
3) Elizabeth Mortimer (1371-1417) m. 1) Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy
(1364-1403), and had
4) Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1394-1455) m. Eleanor
Neville (1403-1472), and had
5) Anne Percy (1443-1522) m. 1) Sir Thomas Hungerford (c.1442-1469),
and had
6) Mary, Lady Hungerford (1468-1533) m. 1) Edward, 2nd Lord Hastings
(1466-1506), and had
7) Anne Hastings (c.1485-1550) m. Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby (c.
1481-1521), and had
8) Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby (1509-1572) m. 1) Lady Dorothy
Howard, and had
9) Lady Elizabeth Stanley (c.1535-1591) m. Henry Parker, 11th Lord
Morley (1531-1577), and had
10) Edward Parker, 12th Lord Morley (c.1552-1618) m. Elizabeth Stanley
of Monteagle (1558-1585), and had
11) William Parker, 13th Lord Morley (1575-1622) m. Elizabeth Tresham
(1573-1648), and had
12) Hon. Elizabeth Parker m. Edward Cranfield (of London?), and had
13) Edward Cranfield (d. 1700), Governor of New Hampshire 1682-1685
Certainly more information needs to be gathered for the parents of
Governor Cranfield. I at first thought Elizabeth Parker's husband was
Hon. Edward Cranfield of Copt Hall (c.1625-1648), youngest son of the
1st Earl of Middlesex, but he appears to have died unmarried. He was
probably near-related though, as the 1st Earl of Middlesex was from a
family of wealthy London merchants.
Whether it was Edward Cranfield the Governor, or his father who
brought the following suit is unclear:
"25 July 1663 -- Application for an order to stay a suit brought in
the Prerogative Court by Edward Cranfield against Lord Morley. Lords
Journals, XI. 574." [A2A Catalogue/Parliamentary Archives/House of
Lords: Journal Office/HL/PO/JO/10/1/319]
Any descendants of Governor Cranfield would be co-heirs to the
Baronies of Morley & Monteagle, so it will be interesting to research
further. At the least, we have an addition here to 'Complete
Peerage', as well as to 'Royal Descent of 600 Immigrants'.
Cheers, -----Brad