Thomas Crosby

   Another name for Thomas was Thomas Crosbye.²⁸⁵

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information:
Thomas Crosby, of Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, was born abt 1510, and married, about 1530, Janette. Thomas and Jennet had six children, as named in his will:

Agnes
Michael
James
Richard, born about 1532
Alice
Robert

"Yorkshire Ancestry of the Three Crosby Sisters," NEHGR, 1965, Vol 119, pages 244-250

• He signed a will Dated 4 Aug 1555 and proved 10 Oct 1555. ²⁸⁵
"Soul to God, St. Mary, and all the Holy Company of Heaven; to be buried in chard yard of Holme. To Wife Jennet Crosbye - a yoke of oxen. Son Richard Cosby - a brown stott. Son Michaell - 10 ewes, etc. Son James Crosbye - a pair of wayne shere. Daughters Agnes and Alice Crosbie, such cattell as was delivered to them. Elizabeth Crosbye, a bushel of rye, and to her youngest son a qowe, at lawful age. To Margaret and Jennet Crosbye, my son's daughters, a lamb each. To Sons Robert and Rychard Crosby, doublets. To my children James and Alice Crosbye, sheep in the tenure of Thomas Barker and Thomas Johnson. To daughter Agnes and Alice Crosby, two formes. To sons Richard and James Crosbye, all lands in Rowlaye in the feilds of Holme. All residue of good to wife Jennet and sons Richarde, Mychaell, and James Crosbie, they to be executors. Witnesses: John Horsman, John Foster, Mathewe Millington." [Prerogative and Exchequer of York Wills, vol. 10 p. 20]

"Yorkshire Ancestry of the Three Crosby Sisters," NEHGR, 1965, Vol 119, pages 244-250

Thomas married Jennet about 1530 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding, Yorkshire, England.²⁸⁵