CRANE, Francis (c.1579-1636), of St. Thomas the Apostle, London and Mortlake, Surr.; later of Stoke Park, Stoke Bruerne, Northants.

Family and Education

b. c. 1579. MI, Woodrising, Norf. educ. G. Inn 1619. GI Admiss. m. c.1618, Mary (d.1645), da. of David Le Maire of London and wid. of Henry Swinarton (d.1617) of London, s.p. Vis. London (Harl. Soc. i), 93; C78/297/3; G. Baker, Hist. and Antiqs. of Northants. 243; St. Mary Aldermanbury, London (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxi), 98. Kntd. 5 Sept. 1617. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 166. d. 26 June 1636. CSP Dom. 1636-7, p. 25. sig. Fra[ncis] Crane.

Offices Held

Servant of (Sir) Thomas Smith†, ?by 1606 – 09; clerk of council, Prince Henry’s Household 1611–12, AO1/2021/3. auditor-gen., Prince Charles’s Household 1617-at least 1630, SC6/Jas.I/1681; CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 441. member, Prince Charles’s Council c. 1623 – 25, Duchy of Cornw. Council from 1625; E306/12, box 2, bdle. 22, nos. 16, 19; G. Haslam, ‘Jacobean Phoenix’, Estates of Eng. Crown ed. R.W. Hoyle, 284; DCO, ‘Prince Charles in Spain’, f. 4. chan. Order of Garter 1626–d.; C66/2380/13. member, High Commission, 1633–d., CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 326. enforcement of soap monopoly, 1634. C181/4, f. 186.

Director, Mortlake tapestry works, Surr. 1619–d. W.G. Thomson, Hist. of Tapestry (3rd edn.), 278, 292.

Commr. subsidy, Surr. 1624, C212/22/23. new buildings, London 1625, C66/2349/3 (dorse). Forced Loan, Surr. 1626, Northants. 1626, C193/12/2, ff. 38v, 58. sewers 1633-at least 1634, C181/4, ff. 140, 180. j.p. 1625 – at least34, Surr. 1625–d.; C231/4, f. 194v; C66/2654; 66/2725. steward, Grafton honour, Northants. from 1629; kpr. Grafton and Potterspury Parks, Northants. from 1633. C66/2499/1; 66/2631/1.

Member, E.I. Co. by 1624 – at least32, cttee. (associate) 1628; CSP Col. E.I. 1622–4, p. 409; 1625–9, p. 590; 1630–4, p. 266. member, Bedford Level Corporation, 1635–d. W. Dugdale, Hist. of Imbanking and Draining (2nd edn.), 410.

Parlimentarian

CRANE, Francis (c.1579-1636), of St. Thomas the Apostle, London and Mortlake, Surr.; later of Stoke Park, Stoke Bruerne, Northants.

Main residences: St. Thomas the Apostle, London; Mortlake, Surr.; Stoke Park, Stoke Bruerne, Northants.

Author

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

CRANE, Francis (c.1579-1636)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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