CREW, Nathaniel (1634-1721) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 31 Jan. 1634, 5th s. John Crew, Bar. Crew, and Jemima (d.1675), da. of Edward Waldegrave of Lawford, Essex; bro. Thomas Crew, 2nd Bar. Crew. educ. privately (Henry Bishop); Chenies Sch., Amersham (Mr Azall); G. Inn 1652; Lincoln Coll., Oxf., matric. 1653, BA 1656, fell. 1656, MA 1658; fell. in canon law 1659; incorp. Camb. 1659; DCL 1664; ord. deacon and priest 1665. m. (1) 21 Dec. 1691, Penelope (d.1699), da. of Sir Philip Frowde, of Kent and wid. of Sir Hugh Tynte, mayor of Guildford, s.p.; (2) 23 July 1700, Dorothy (d.1715), da. of Sir William Forster, of Bamburgh, Northumberland, s.p. d. 18 Sept. 1721; will 24 June 1720 – 17 Sept. 1721, pr. 3 Mar. 1722. TNA, PROB 11/584; Bodl. Add. C 303, ff. 208-23; C. Whiting, Nathaniel Lord Crewe Bishop of Durham (1940), 332-58.

Offices Held

PC 1676 – 79, 1686–9. ‘Mems. of Nathaniel Lord Crewe’ ed. A. Clark (Camden Misc. ix), 15; Whiting, Nathaniel Lord Crewe, 103, 138.

Chap. to Charles II 1666 – 85, to James II, 1685 – 88; dep. clerk of the closet 1668; ‘Mems. of Nathaniel Lord Crewe’, 8. clerk of the closet 1669–85; Add. 36916, f. 135; Bodl. Tanner 44, f. 102. dean chapel royal 1685 – 89.

Sub-rect. Lincoln Coll., Oxf. 1659 – 61, 1663 – 68, rect. 1668–72; Whiting, Nathaniel Lord Crew, 11, 28; CCEd. mbr. I. Temple 1674; master, high court of chancery bef. 1668; commr. eccles. affairs 1686, CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 202. 1687, Ibid. 338. for building 50 new churches. The Commissions for building 50 new churches: The minute books, 1711–27 (1986), 34–37.

Rect. Gedney, Lincs. 1668–71, CCEd. Witney, Oxon 1671–4; VCH Oxon. xiv. 135. dean and precentor Chichester 1669 – 71.

Ld. lt. Durham 1674 – 90, 1712–14. Durham UL (Palace Green), Mickleton and Spearman ms 23, f. 163; CSP Dom. 1673–5, p. 398; CSP Dom. 1685, p. 43; Add. 70221, Crew to Oxford, 18 July 1712; ‘Mems. of Nathaniel Lord Crewe’, 15; Whiting, Nathaniel Lord Crewe, 289.

Parlimentarian

CREW, Nathaniel (1634-1721)

Associated with: Steane, Northants.; 16-17 Great Piazza, Covent Garden, London (1680); 43 King Street, Covent Garden, London (1681-c.1688); Newbold Verdon, Leics 1681–d.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, 1698, Bodleian Lib., Oxf.; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, after 1698, National Trust, Kedleston Hall; oil on canvas, three-quarter length in peer’s robes, Lincoln Coll., Oxf.

Author

Adams, Beverly

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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