George (Curzon) Curson (abt. 1530)

Born about 1530 in Croxall, Derbyshire, England

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Died [date unknown] in Croxall, Derbyshire, England

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Biography

George Curzon was born before 1541.

George was the child of Thomas Curson of Croxall and his wife, Elizabeth Lygon,^[1] or Ligon^[2]

His father, Thomas, had previously been married to Anne, the daughter of Sir John Aston of Tixall.^[2]

George had older half-siblings:

1. Joyce, who was married to George Appleby of co Leicester.^[1]

George had full siblings:

1. Dorothy, who was married to John Mynne of Horton co Surrey;^[1]
2. Frances, who was married to William Harwar in co Leic;^[1]
3. Agnes, who was married to Nicholas Backhouse of London.^[1]
4. Bridget, who was married to Thomas Burdett of Brampton, Warwickshire;^[1] and
5. Mawde, who was married to 1) Nicholas Tatton of Cheshire, and 2) Christopher Horton, gent.^[1]

He was contracted to be married to Katherina, daughter of Rowland Babyngton of Atlow, Derbyshire, on 20 October 1536, when he was 6 years old.^[3]

George succeeded his father, Thomas, who died 30 March, 1541.^[2]

George married Katherine, the daughter of Rowland Babington,^[2] of Normanton.^[1]

George and Katherine had children:

1. Sir George Curzon of Croxhall, Kt, eldest son, aged 14 in 1569, died 1622, married Mary, the daughter of Sir Richard Levison, of Lillshull, co Salop,^[1] and sister and heir to Sir Walter Levison;^[2]
2. William;^[1]
3. Henry,^[1] died in 1639;^[2]
4. Florence;^[1]
5. Bridget;^[1]
6. Katherine;^[1]
7. Elizabeth Curzon,^[1] daughter of Sir George Curzon of Croxall, and relict of Thomas Leigh of Egginton, was in June, 1592, married to Sir Francis Coke of Trusley, Knt, widower of Frances, daughter of Denzell Holles, and son and heir of Richard Coke.^[4] Elizabeth and Francis had seven children, the first born on 29 March, 1594, and the last sometime after February, 1601.^[4] Elizabeth died on 24 August, 1632.^[4]

There was a monumental slab erected in Croxall St John Baptist church, in memory of George Curzon of Croxal, esq, which says he died in March year not stated and his wife Katherine died in August 1605.^{[2] [5]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14} Walter C Metcalfe, ed, "Pedigrees contained in the Visitations of Derbyshire, 1569 and 1611" in The Genealogist. New Series Volume VII, ed, Keith W Murray, (1891), 73-74. e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/genealogist07lond1890/page/73/mode/1up : accessed 24 July, 2022). [Pedigree: CURZON of Croxall]. Some repositories erroneously attribute this work to Dugdale, eg HathiTrust Digital Library. However, Derbyshire Record Office bought the original manuscripts of the Derbyshire visitations in 1569 and 1611 by William Flower, and his deputy and son-in-law, Robert Glover, and amendments by them up to 1653.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} J Charles Cox, "The Hundreds of Appletree and Repton and Gresley", Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire 3 volumes, (Chesterfield: W Edmunds,1877), III:359-60. e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/notesonchurcheso03coxjiala/page/359/mode/1up : 21 July, 2022).
3. ↑ Derbyshire Record Office, List of Title Deeds in the possession of Mrs J Rose, Croxall Hall, reference DCC/CL/2/1/3/1/X23/T12, consulted at Matlock 9 August 2022.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} John Talbot Coke, Coke of Trusley, in the County of Derby, and Branches Therefrom: a Family History (London: 1880), 13-14. e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/cu31924029786013/page/n32 : accessed 21 July, 2022).
5. ↑ R U, "Incised Slabs in Croxall Church Drawn by Mary Ussher", Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. January, 1879 (London, Bemrose and Sons), 26. e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/journalofderbysh01derb/page/n73/mode/1up : accessed 21 July, 2022).