THE BARONS DE CRESSY & AVIATORS

Reference 5259 Deciphering the Barons de Cressy: From Norman Crusaders to WWI Airmen Tracing a line from the battlefields of medieval Normandy to early 20th-century aviation pioneers. The Deciphered Lineage & TranscriptionTop Section (Norman Baronial Roots): de Cressy | Cressy in Normandy (nr. Dieppe) | D.B. Hugh de Cressy = Margery de Chesney (co-heiress of William de Chesney, High Sheriff of Norfolk, cross-ref 4139). Roger de Cressy d. 1246 = Isabel de Rye (heiress of the Barony of Hingham, Norfolk). Middle Section (Medieval Feudal Holdings): Hugh de Cressy II d.s.p. 1263 (Barony passed to FitzRoger / Clavering lines). Stephen de Cressy held land in Hodsock, Notts & Rottingdean, Sussex. William de Cressy of Claypole, Lincs & Hodsock, Notts (Summoned to Parliament 1297). Lower Section (Modern Lineage & WWI Aviation Bridge): Line of Cressy of Owston & Birkin, Yorks → Cressy of Suffolk & London. Theodore Henry Cressy b. 1901 (Volunteer Red Cross Ambulance driver in WWI at age 16; early RAF airman in Palestine; commercial aviation pioneer in Victoria, Australia). Family citations: Blomefield's Norfolk IV 431 ; Thoroton's Notts III 415 ; Genealogist N.S. VI 78. If you are interested, see Saturday’s post on The Life of Theodore Henry Cressyin30 Years in the Skies