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Alexander Elcock (abt. 1500 - 1549)

Alexander Elcock
Born about in Stockport, Cheshire, Englandmap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at about age 49 in Poole Hall, Stockport, Cheshire, Englandmap
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Biography

Alexander Elcock of Poole, Mayor of Stockport

He was the son of Nicholas Elcock and Isabel Rudd[1].

1536 - Mentioned in the Will of his father Nicholas Elcock[2]: if my widow remarries house and lands go to Alexander my son....residue to Alexander my son....To JOANE [Jane] my said son's daughter £20, to her marriage

Marriage: Elizabeth Cranage was recorded wife of Alexandr Ellcocke of Stopford and as sole heir of Thomas Cranage of [White]Poole, Cheshire[3].

Children
bef 1536 Jane, m. ......Thwayte
-1591 Francis, heir
-1604 Nicholas, clothworker of London
-1617 Thomas, rector of Barhomley, Cheshire -1606 Anthony, rector of Hamerton, Huntingdonshire
-1607 Margaret, m1. Richard Wright, m2. Richard Wilbraham

1540 - Alexander Elcoke Alderman of Stopporth was witness to the Will of Alexander Baguley

14 Dec 1542 - Alexander Elcok Mayor of Stockport was arbitrator over dispute between Robert Dokenfield of Portewode and John Ardern of Hareden[4].

Alexander died 15 November, 1549[5]: was found to have held lands in Whitepoole, Horpoole, Worleston, Cranage and Wich Milbank, from Sir Thomas Grosvenor Knight and Richard Baguley.[6]

Will of Alexandri Elcocke de Stoppord, dated 15 Oct 1549[7]
I Alexander Elcocke of Stopport in the Countie of Chester….bodie to be buried Church at Stopford…..to Nicholas Elcoke my young sonne and the forward males of the bodie of the said Nich lawfullie begotten Lande and tenement in Stopford…..to Thomas Elcoke one other of my younger sonnes lands and tenements in Stopford……to Antonye Elccoke my youngest sonne Chester lands and tenements….I assign and bequeath all the Residue of my ….appareil in my said house and also all the lande……I hold by lease of my Ladie Marie Eyerton…..and lease of the messuage and tenement now I hold by lease of Sir John Cranage knyht and also by the approval of the Ryght Worshipfull Sir Rr Buckley knight……to myne eldest sonne Franncis Elcoke [lands described and allocated to each son]…..my mother Isable Elcoke and my wife Elizabeth executors…..my fyve children Francis, Nich, Thomas, Antonye and Jane…….equal parts to my six children Francis, Nicolas, Thomas, Antony, Jane and Margaret…..[small bequest of items and servants]….my brother in laws William Bulkley and Edward Moseley supervisors

Sources

  1. Visitation of Cheshire of 1613: Pedigree of Elcock of Stockport and Whitepoole. In The Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents relating to Lancashire & Cheshire (1909) Volume 58, pg 97
  2. Will of Nici Elcok, Probate date 15 Sep 1536. Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 25
  3. https://archive.org/details/recordsociety58recouoft/page/96/mode/2up?q=elcock
  4. http://catalogue.cheshirearchives.org.uk/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DAR%2fD%2f65%2f4&pos=16
  5. Inquistion post moretm, 4 Edward VI (1550)
  6. https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_Mansions_of_England_and_Wales_Illust/uQrW3ebpYHgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=cranage+of+poole&pg=PA21&printsec=frontcover
  7. "England, Cheshire Probate Records, 1492-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGBJ-F5M : 8 March 2018), Alexander Elcock, 1549; citing Stockport, Record Office, Chester.




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