Alicia Calvert

http://thepeerage.com/p7300.htm#i72991

Alice Crossland is the daughter of John Crossland.1

Child of Alice Crossland and Leonard Calvert

George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore+1 b. 1578/79, d. 15 Apr 1632

Citations

• [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 393. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

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Alicia Crossland is the daughter and heir of John Crossland and Alice Hawksworth.; she had no brothers. Therefore, Cecil was able to quarter the Crossland and Calvert arms, as seen in the Maryland flag. After Aicia's death, Leonard married her cousin, Grace Crossland, the daughter of Thomas and Joanna Crossland. She was not the heir of her father and had no right to arms. She is the one, however, that is mentioned in the High Commision's investigation of non-conformity to religion.

After 30 or more years of research, the only children I have proved for Leonard and Alicia are George, Christopher and Dorothy. Evidently, there were no children from the marriage of Leonard and Grace.

Most internet sources say: (For Example) "Grace (or Alice) Crosland was born about 1557 the daughter of Thomas Crosland of Crosland Hill and Marina Hawksworth. Grace (or Alice) married Leonard Calvert." http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~crosslin/roots/notables.html

However, most reliable source so far says: The given name of Leonard CALVERT's wife was Alicia (or Alice), not Grace. Alicia was a daughter of John CROSLAND [or CROSSLAND], not of Thomas CROSLAND [or CROSSLAND]. The correct maternal ancestry of Sir George Calvert is given in a short article by Francis B. Culver in the Maryland Historical Magazine of December, 1934. Alicia was a daughter of John Crosland, not of Thomas Crosland.

Notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Crossland-174

2nd wife is clear - Grace Crosland, of Crosland Hill (Clay). Age about 6 when Sir George Calvert was born, so not his mother. (It seems they married her to Leonard Calvert when she was about 15 and George was about 9.)

Leonard Calvert’s 1st wife is a puzzle. The only evidence seems to be a pedigree apparently taken at the 1612 Visitation [Foster, p. 500], but with evidence of later additions. The chart shows Sir George's mother as "Alice, dau. of John Crosland, of Crosland." The informant appears to be Sir George himself. He gives his wife's father as "George Myms", but that might be just a mutation or a transcription error.[1]

n.b. is this legit for this tree? All other Croslands have birth place of Almondbury, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

There is some confusion about this person. It is possible that Leonard Calvert married two women (sisters or half sisters) named Grace and Alicia. This would account for the 2 accounts of her/their parentage:

Wikipedia (where from?): claims they were 2 people.

Hoopesonline.com:

Parents of Grace Alicia Crossland: Thomas Crosland and Marina Hawksworth

History of Maryland by J. Thomas Schakf, Vol III, 1879 pg 51-55:

Parents of Grace/Alicia Crossland: Thomas Crosland (d. Aug 1587?) and Joanna (d. 1575)

She might have been born at "Crossland Hill" (See Foster's Visitations of Yorkshire, Pg 509) and was possibly descended from Roger de Crossland, temp. Henry III.

References

• http://frostandgilchrist.com/getperson.php?personID=I18433&tree=fro...
• http://www.marylandtheseventhstate.com/article1034.html
• http://jonathanpaul.org/chenoweth/d0015/g0000083.html#I031750
• DUGDALE'S VISITATION OF YORKSHIRE. Page 181-182. < Archive.Org > (Not listed)