North Crawley is a village parish near the border with Bedfordshire, about 3.5 miles east of Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire, England

The village name 'Crawley' is an Old English language word, and means 'clearing frequented by crows'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was referred to as Crauelai. In manorial records in 1197 the area was split into Great Crawley and Little Crawley.

Anciently North Crawley was the location of a monastery dedicated to Saint Firmin. The monastery was recorded in the Domesday Book, though had fallen into such decay by the Dissolution of the Monasteries that little notice was taken of it, and it fell into ruin shortly afterwards. The Anglican parish church continues to be dedicated to the saint.

Clearly the church lacked appeal to its flock. According to the Buckinghamshire Session Records : Volume 1, 1678-1694, Walter Mabley was cited 12 times for being absent from church for more than a month, a misdemeanour that brought a hefty fine in thise days of £20! Matthew Mabley was also cited for being absent from church for a month Michaelmas 1684.

In October 1610, Walter Mabley was fined 4d for not appearing in FRankpledge court presided by Knight John Dormer of Broughton. Walter served as a juror in the Frankpledge court in 1617. In 1619, Anto Mabley was fined 4d for not appearing in court presided by Knight John Dormer of Broughton. In 1720 at the Court Leet and Court Baron of William Lownds, Lord of the Manor of Great Crawley, recorded the bequeathal of 2 acres of land from the Will of William Mabley to Gilbert Pickering.

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1st. North Crawley Generation

Walter Mabley (1580's - ) m. xx ( - ) in

• Anto Mabley ( -), son, born