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John Crachrode the elder
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John Crachrode the elder, of Cust Hall in Essex, married Agnes Gates of the Rivenhall house and fathered the John who died in 1534. Two generations of Cust Hall Crachrodes stand in this line, small gentry of the Essex clay whose daughters married into the histories their own acres never made.
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✓ JOHN CRACHRODE of Cust Hall; m. AGNES GATES; father of John (d.1534, our line). Source: 1612 Visitation of Essex (Crochrode pedigree) + Morant, History of Essex ('Cust Hall'), via essexandsuffolksurnames.co.uk; read 7 Aug 2026; contested rungs note-only.