William Cromer

William Cromer (c. 1531–1598), of Tunstall, near Sittingbourne, Kent, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was the great-great-grandson of the 1444 High Sheriff of Kent William Cromer. In addition to the 3x great-grandson of the former Lord Mayor of London William Cromer (d. 1434).

Life He was the son of James Cromer (died 1541) and Anne, daughter of Sir Edward Wotton. After his father died, his mother married Robert Rudston, MP for Steyning in 1547, with whom she had further children. The Cromer (or Crowner) family had held the manor of Tunstall since the early fifteenth century. He served as sheriff for a second time in 1585.

Family He married: Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Kempe of Wye, Kent Anne married Sir Thomas Bishopp, 1st Baronet Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Guildford James (d. 1613)