CRANE, Sir Robert, 1st bt. (1586-1643), of Chilton, nr. Sudbury, Suff. and Buckenham Tofts, Norf.

Family and Education

b. c. June – Dec. 1586, poss. illegit. s. of Henry Crane (d. 1586) of Chilton and Katherine, da. and coh. of John Jernegan of Somerleyton, Suff.W.S. Appleton, Mems. of the Cranes of Chilton (Cambridge, 1868), 27; Vis. Suff. ed. J.J. Howard (Lowestoft and London, 1866-76), i. 145, 146. educ. I. Temple 26 Apr. 1607; L. Inn 24 Feb. 1608.I. Temple database; LI Admiss. i. 147. m. (1) 19 Jan. 1607, Dorothy (d. 11 Apr. 1624), da. of Sir Henry Hobart† of Intwood, Norf., s.p.; (2) 21 Sept. 1624, Susan (bur. 14 Sept. 1681), da. of Sir Giles Alington of Horseheath, Cambs., 1s. d.v.p. 7da. (2 d.v.p.).Appleton, Mems. 31, 51-2, 67; Vis. Suff. ed. Howard, i. 141-2; Ely Episcopal Recs. ed. A. Gibbons (Lincoln, 1891), 321; C.E. Parsons, ‘Horseheath Hall and its owners’, Procs. Camb. Antiq. Soc. xli. ped. opp. p. 50. suc. grandfa. 1591; Kntd. 27 Feb. 1605;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 137. cr. bt. 11 May 1627.Coventry Docquets, 24; Eg. 2552, ff. 17v-18; Cornwallis Corresp. 157, 159; CB ii. 15. d. 17 Feb. 1643.Vis. Suff. ed. Howard, i. 142.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Suff. by 1610-c. Jan. 1632, Dec. 1632 – d.; Ipswich c.Sept. 1626–?HP Commons 1604–1629, ‘Robert Crane’; Coventry Docquets, 67; Suff. RO (Ipswich), B105/2/1, f. 21v. Commr. sea breaches, Norf. and Suff. 1610–16; Norf. 1625;C181/2, ff. 128, 264; C181/3, f. 189v aid, Suff. 1612–13.E163/15/21; Harl. 354, f. 68v. Capt. militia horse, Suff. by 1613-c. July 1615; militia ft. c.July 1615–d.Add. 39249, ff. 11v, 15, 22v, 25v; Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA54/1/9. Commr. sewers, Suff. and Essex 1617, 1634; Suff. 1619–37;C181/2, ff. 272, 349v; C181/4, f. 173v; C181/5, f. 82; Coventry Docquets, 80. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1618 – d.; Suff. 1640. by 1619 – Mar. 1642C181/2, f. 316; C181/5, ff. 175, 218. Dep. lt., 5 July 1642–d.Add. 39245, ff. 43, 72; Bodl. Tanner 66, f. 298; CJ ii. 654a; LJ v. 184b. Commr. subsidy, 1621–2, 1624 – 25, 1641; Hadleigh, Suff. 1624;C212/22/20–1, 23; Add. 39245, f. 51v; Harl. 305, f. 206v; SR. fen drainage, Norf. and Suff. 1625;C181/3, f. 163v. Forced Loan, Suff., Ipswich 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, ff. 55v, 85. piracy, Suff. 1627;C181/3, f. 232. worsted yarn, Norwich, Norf. 1629;CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 113. gaol delivery, Hadleigh 1630–d.C181/4, f. 57v; C181/5, f. 195v. Sheriff, Suff. 1631.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. Soc. ix), 132. Commr. swans, Essex and Suff. 1635;C181/5, f. 28. navigation, River Lark, Suff. 1636, 1637;CSP Dom. 1635–6, pp. 434–5; Coventry Docquets, 307; C205/14/16. maltsters, Suff. 1636;PC2/46, f. 373. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. loans on Propositions, 28 July 1642.LJ v. 245b.

Central: commr. trade, 1625;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 59. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR.

Parlimentarian

CRANE, Sir Robert (1586-1643), of Chilton, nr. Sudbury, Suff. and Buckenham Tofts, Norf.

: 1st bt. (1586-1643), of Chilton, Suff., nr. Sudbury 1586 – 1643 and Buckenham Tofts, Norf.

Likenesses

Likenesses: fun. monument, G. Christmas, 1626, Chilton church, Suff.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

CRANE, Sir Robert, 1st bt. (1586-1643), of Chilton, nr. Sudbury, Suff. and Buckenham Tofts, Norf.

Will

13 Feb. 1643, pr. 23 Feb. 1643.PROB11/191/171; Vis. Suff. ed. Howard, i. 155-7.

Estates

lands in Suff. valued at over £2,100 p.a. following his death.Norf. RO, GIL 4/206.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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