CRISP, Sir Nicholas (c.1598-1666), of Lime Street, London and Hammersmith, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c. 1598, 1st s. of Ellis Crisp, Salter, of Bread Street, London, and Hester, da. of John Ireland, Salter, of London.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), i. 201; C.J. Feret, Fulham Old and New, iii. 68. m. 24 Aug. 1619,St Bartholomew by the Exchange, London, par. reg. Anne (d. 1669), da. of Edward Prescott, Salter and Goldsmith, of London, 5s. (3 d.v.p.), 5da.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), i. 201; Feret, Fulham, iii. 68. suc. fa. 3 Nov. 1625. Kntd. 1 Jan. 1640.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 207. cr. bt. 14 Apr. 1665.C231/7, p. 258. d. 26 Feb. 1666.Lysons, Environs of London, ii. 409.

Offices Held

Civic: member, Salters’ Co. 1619; master, 1640–1.J.S. Watson, Salters’ Co. (1963), 145, 243 . Common cllr. London 1640–1.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Local: capt. Hon. Artillery Coy. 1621; steward, 1663.Ancient Vellum Book, 32, 119. Jt. recvr.-gen. Yorks. 1628.PSO5/5, unfol.; APC 1628–9, p. 78. Capt. militia ft. Bread Street, London by 1635–?4 Sept. 1638, ?-Mar. 1642;CLRO, Rep. 49, f. 206v; Rep. 52, f. 240; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), i. 201; Clarendon, Hist. iii. 42. col. militia horse, London 1661–?d.HMC 5th Rep. 203; The City’s Remonstrance and Addresse (1661), 4 (E.1086.10). J.p. Mdx. 24 Feb. 1640–42, by Oct. 1660–d.;C231/5, p. 370. Cornw. 27 Apr. 1644–?;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 194–5. Kent by 2 Aug. 1664–d.Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Charles II ed. Cockburn, 113, 129. Commr. array (roy.), Mdx. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. loyal and indigent officers, London and Westminster 1662; assessment, London 1661; Mdx. 1661, 1664.SR. Dep. lt. London 1662–d.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. subsidy, Kent, Mdx. 1663.SR.

Mercantile: member, Guinea Co. June 1630; dep. gov. bef. 1632.C66/2573/2; SP16/540, f. 149; W. R. Scott, Joint Stock Companies (1912), i. 201; J.W. Blake, ‘The farm of the Guinea trade’, Essays in British and Irish Hist. ed. H. A. Cronne (1949), 86–106. Member, cttee. of E. I. Co. 1635–40,Cal. Ct. Mins. E. I. Co. 1635–39, 73, 185, 306; 1640–43, 61. 1 July 1642–5 July 1643.Cal. Ct. Mins. E. I. Co. 1640–43, 262, 331. Jt. patentee for alum, bef. 31 Jan. 1635;W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), WYL100/PO/8/III/17, 53. latten wire, 19 Nov. 1635.E214/548. Jt. farmer, gt. customs, 17 Mar., 13 Dec. 1638, 9 Nov. 1639–40, 1662–d.Coventry Docquets, 207, 210, 358; AO3/297; CTB 1660–67, pp. 132–3, 431; R. Ashton, Crown and Money Markets (1960), 100. Collector of impositions, western ports Nov. 1638–?40;CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 132. tonnage and poundage, London Oct. 1639, 8 June 1640.C66/2878/3; SO3/12, f. 58. Commr. sea adventure to Ireland, 17 June 1642.A. and O. Member, Africa Co. 1660–d.Select Charters ed. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 173, 179. Farmer, coal duty, 1661–d.;CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 14. alum works, 1661.R. B. Turton, The Alum Farm (1938), 182–4.

Military: capt. of horse (roy.) bef. 28 Feb. 1643;Certaine Informations no. 7 (20 Feb.-6 Mar. 1643), 52 (E.92.3). col. 2 July 1643–1645;SP29/159, f. 76; Symonds, Diary, 102; C231/3, p. 25; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 54; Harl. 6852, f. 204; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 158. col. of ft. ?17 Nov. 1643.C231/5, p. 50; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 99. Cdr. raising warships (roy.), 6 May 1644.HCA30/853; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 203, 208.

Central: commr. customs, Sept. 1660–2;CCSP v. 54; HMC 5th Rep. 168. trade, Nov. 1660–d.;Rugg, Diurnal, 129. plantations, Dec. 1660–d.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Academic: FRS, 18 Mar. 1663.M. Hunter, Royal Society (1982), 182.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, 1664–d.Carlisle, Privy Chamber, 174.

: of Lime Street, London and Mdx., Hammersmith.

Likenesses

Likenesses: C. Johnson;Parham Park, W. Suss. miniature, C. Johnson;Institut Néerlandais, Paris. line engraving, R. H. Cromek, 1795.NPG.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

CRISP, Sir Nicholas (c.1598-1666), of Lime Street, London and Hammersmith, Mdx.

Will

23 Feb., pr. 5 Apr. 1666.PROB11/319/561.

Estates

property in London inc. houses in Lime Street (purchased from Sir Francis Popham*), Bow Lane, Lad Lane, Bishopsgate Street, and ‘The White Bear’ in Bread Street; property in Bethnal Green; land in Holbrooke Park, Suff.Whitelocke, Mems., i. 423; Add. Ch. 4891. By 1630 Crisp had built a large house at Hammersmith, adding to his other property there and in Fulham.Lysons, Environs of London, ii. 402; Add. Ch. 4891. Estate worth £594 p.a.; his losses by sequestration of his estate for five years put at £3,000.SP23/206, pp. 889, 907, 908, 913. In Feb. 1645 assessed at £2,000.CCAM 146. At d. owned a house in Charterhouse Yard, London.F.A. Crisp, Collections Rel. to the Fam. of Crisp (1882-97), i. 32-4.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

living in Aldersgate Street, London, Mar. 1657.Add. 44846, f. 70.

Religion

presented to St Mildred, Bread Street, ?Richard Adams, ejected for nonconformity in 1662; William Durham, 23 Feb. 1664.R. Newcourt, Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense (1708), i. 499.