CREW, Thomas (1624-1697), of Steane, Northants.

Family and Education

bap. 17 Mar. 1624, 1st s. of John Crewe I*.St Andrew, Holborn par. reg. educ. G. Inn 21 Mar. 1641;G. Inn Admiss. 231. Padua Univ. 9 Apr. 1647.Inglesi e Scozzesi all’Università di Padova dall’anno 1618 sino al 1765 ed. H.F. Brown (Monografie Storiche sullo Studio di Padova 1922), 155. m. (1) May 1650, Mary (d. 4 July 1668), da. of Sir Roger Townshend, 1st bt.*, of Raynham, Norf., 1s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) 1674, Anne (d. 2 Apr. 1719), da. and coh. of Sir William Armyne, 2nd bt.*, of Osgodby, Lenton (Lavington), Lincs., wid. of Sir Thomas Wodehouse of Kimberley, Norf., 4da.Baker, Northants. i. 685, 689; CP. Kntd. 26 Sept. 1660;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 231. suc. fa. as 2nd Baron Crew of Steane 12 Dec. 1679; d. 30 Nov. 1697.CP.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Northants. by Mar. 1657–1680. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 22 June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 371. militia, Northants. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Civic: high steward, Banbury Dec. 1683-Oct. 1688.SP44/66, p. 307; HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Banbury’.

Parlimentarian

CREW, Thomas (c.1624-97), of Steane, Northants.

: of Steane, Northants.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, attrib. C. d’Agar, c.1707-23.NT, Calke Abbey.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

CREW, Thomas (1624-1697), of Steane, Northants.

Will

11 July 1696, cod. 12 Nov. 1697, pr. 3 Dec. 1697.PROB11/442, f. 100v.

Estates

in 1697, estate reckoned to be worth £6,000 p.a.Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 313.

Oxford 1644

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Religion

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