Family and Education
bap. 7 Dec. 1595, 1st s. of William Crowe, counsellor-at-law, of the Inner Temple, London and Selmeston, and his 1st w. Anne, da. of John Sackville of Chiddingly, Suss.J. Cave-Browne, Brasted, 54; Suss. N and Q, xiv. 50-53, 158. educ. Peterhouse, Camb. 1611; I. Temple 1613; travelled abroad (Low Countries) 1615.Al. Cant.; I. Temple Admiss.; HMC Downshire, v. 345. m. May 1634, Mary, da. of Sir George Manners of Haddon, Derbys., 3s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. c.1626; cr. bt. 8 July 1627. HMC Rutland, i. 493; HMC Buccleuch, iii. 315; Suss. N and Q, xiv. 159; CB. d. by 27 Oct. 1671. sig. Sakville Crowe.
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Commr. inquiry, lands of Michael Wilson, Suss. 1617;C181/2, f. 300v. freeman, Hastings, Suss. 1625;E. Suss. RO, HAS/DH/B98/2, f. 20v. kpr. Nonsuch Park, Surr. 1633–5.Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv), 185, 191.

Servant (kpr. of privy purse?) of George Villiers, 1st mq. (later duke) of Buckingham by 1620–8;Add. 12508, passim. commr. to pawn Crown jewels 1625 – 26, inquiry into Navy 1626–7, CSP Dom. 1625–6, pp. 180, 289, 494. French prizes 1627;Ibid. 1627–8, p. 181. treas. of Navy 1627–30;Ibid. 100; 1629–31, p. 165; AO15/3, pp. 165–7, 557–60. surveyor of the works, iron ordnance manufactured for export 1630;SO3/10, unfol., May 1630. amb. to Turkey 1634–47;Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 285. gent. of the privy chamber extraordinary ?1638, 1660–?d.; LC3/1; Eg. 2542, f. 383. director, Mortlake tapestry works, Surr. 1662–7.W.G. Thomson, Hist. of Tapestry, 299.

Main residences: Laugharne, Carm.; Brasted Place, Kent; Mays, Selmeston, Suss.
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CROWE, Sackville (1595-1671)

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