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bap. 13 Mar. 1575, 2nd s. of Thomas Cranfield (d.1595), Mercer of Basinghall Street, London, and Martha, da. of Vincent Randall, Mercer of London.M. Prestwich, Cranfield, 49; HMC Sackville i. 16. educ. St. Paul’s; appr. London 1590; factor (Germany) 1594-7; M. Temple 1618. Ibid. 50; M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 1599 (with £500), Elizabeth (d. July 1617), da. of Richard Shepherd, Grocer, of St. Bartholomew’s Lane, London, 3da. (1 d.v.p.); Prestwich, 50-1. (2) 30 Dec. 1620, Anne (d. 3 Feb. 1670), da. of James Brett of Hoby, Leics., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.). Ibid. 261-2. Kntd. 4 July 1613; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 153. cr. Bar. Cranfield 9 July 1621, earl of Middlesex 16 Sept. 1622. CP. d. 5 Aug. 1645. Prestwich, 583. sig. Lionel Cranfield.
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Freeman, Mercers’ Co. 1597, liveryman 1604; Ibid. 50. Merchant Adventurer 1601; HMC Sackville i. 22, 49; Prestwich, 50. cttee. Virg. Co. 1612, member, Council of Virg. by 1620–3. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, i. 372.

Recvr. (Queen’s jointure lands) Som. and Dorset 1604 – at least07, (Crown estates) 1605–13; SC6/Jas.I/1646–8; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 209; Cent. Kent. Stud. U269/1/OEr2, 22. freeman, Hythe, Kent 1614, Southampton, Hants 1623; G. Wilks, Barons of Cinque Ports, 69; HMC 11th Rep. iii. 23. j.p. Herts. 1614 – 24, London and Westminster 1618–24; C231/4, f. 60; C181/2, f. 331v. trustee, Gresham Coll. London 1615–17; Mercers’ Hall, London, Gresham Repertories I, pp. 209, 222. commr. new bldgs., London 1615, 1618, oyer and terminer, London and Mdx. 1618, the Marshalsea 1623, sewers, Herts. 1617, Gt. Fens 1623, charitable uses, Herts. 1621, subsidy, Herts., London, Mdx. and king’s Household 1621 – 22, Mdx. 1624, disafforestation, Crown forests 1622, fen drainage, Gt. Fens 1622. APC, 1615–16, p. 122; C181/2, ff. 297v, 303, 305; 181/3, ff. 35v, 49, 97; CSP Dom. 1619–23, pp. 336, 374; C66/2165 (dorse); 66/2282/1 (dorse); C212/22/20–2; C93/9/10; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 564.

Farmer, lics. to export unwrought cloth 1604 – 06, currant impositions 1604 – 10, Great Farm of customs, 1604 – 11, wine licences 1605 – 14, tobacco duties 1606 – 16, starch duties 1607 – 10, logwood duties 1608 – 13, sugar duties 1621–5; Prestwich, 67–9, 244, 376, 475–6; HMC Sackville, i. 68–9, 87–96, 101, 118–21, 130–1, 173; A.F. Upton, Sir Arthur Ingram, 7–8; CD 1621, vii. 438–41. commr. to license starchmakers 1607–8; CD 1621, vii. 438–9. contractor, sale of Crown lands 1607–12; Salop RO, 5586/10/6/1; Cent. Kent. Stud. U269/1/OEr38; Upton, 24–7. surveyor-gen. of customs 1613–19; Cent. Kent. Stud. U269/1/OEc1, 29, 40; Prestwich, 120–1. recvr. impositions on alien merchants 1613 – 16, lics. for sale of wine in taverns 1614–24. E351/765–72; Prestwich, 196–7; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 259; 1623–5, p. 40; E101/526/27.

Farmer, customs [I] 1613–18; Cent. Kent. Stud. U269/1/Hi1; Prestwich, 126–8; Upton, 85–8. v.-adm. Munster [I] 1614. Prestwich, 128.

Master of Requests (extraordinary) 1616, ordinary 1618–?19; Chamberlain Letters, ii. 131, 204. master, gt. wardrobe 1618–21; E351/620; Prestwich, 227, 262; Cent. Kent. Stud. U269/1/OW3. master, Ct. of Wards 1619–24; WARD 9/414. commr. navy 1619, Treasury 1620, ld. treas. 1621–4; Chamberlain Letters, ii. 204, 609; APC, 1618–19, p. 174. PC 1620–5. APC, 1619–21, p. 102; Chamberlain Letters, ii. 609.

Commr. reform of king’s Household 1617, Navy 1618 – 23, Crown debts 1619, logwood imports 1620, export of ordnance 1620, Treasury 1620, aliens 1621 – 22, banishment of Jesuits and seminary priests 1622, starch manufacture 1622, purveyance compositions 1622, defective titles 1622 – 23, piracy 1623, buildings 1624. CSP Dom. 1619–23, pp. 89, 168; APC, 1619–21, p. 316; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 210, 236, 239, 247; pt. 4, pp. 19, 46, 77, 96.

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CRANFIELD, Sir Lionel (1575-1645), of Wood Street, London; later of Chelsea, Mdx.; Copt Hall, Essex and Milcote, Warws.
Main residences: Wood Street, London; Chelsea, Mdx. and Copt Hall, Essex and Milcote, Warws.
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CRANFIELD, Sir Lionel (1575-1645)

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