Sir Clippesby Crewe, MP

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Sir Clippesby Crewe, MP

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Death: January 1649 (49)
Place of Burial: London, UK
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Son of Sir Ranulphe Crewe, MP, Speaker of the House of Commons and Julian Clippesby
Husband of Joan Pulteney
Father of John Crewe; Ranulphe Crewe and Anne Finch
Brother of John Crewe, MP

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About Sir Clippesby Crewe, MP

Family and Education

b. 4 Sept. 1599, 1st s. of (Sir) Ranulphe Crewe* of Crewe Hall and Westminster by his 1st w. Julian, da. of John Clippesby of Clippesby, Norf. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1619; L. Inn 1619; Padua 1620. m. 7 July 1625, Jane (d. 2 Dec. 1639), da. of Sir John Pulteney* of Misterton, Leics., 2s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.). kntd. 18 June 1620; suc. fa. 1646. d. Jan. 1649.

Biography

Sir Clipsby Crewe (1599 - June 1648) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1624 to 1626.

Crewe was the elder son of Ranulph Crewe and his wife Julia Clipsby. He matriculated from St John's College, Cambridge at Easter 1616 and was admitted at Lincoln's Inn on 29 May 1619. He was of Crewe Hall and was knighted on 18 June 1620.

In 1624, Crewe was elected Member of Parliament for Downton. He was re-elected MP for Downton in 1625. In 1626 he was elected MP for Callington.

Crewe died at the age of 48.

Crewe married and had sons Ralph, who was an artist killed in Paris, and John.[1] His granddaughter Anne Crewe eventually succeeded to the inheritance She married John Offley of Madeley Old Manor, Staffordshire. Her great-grandson was raised to the peerage as Baron Crewe of Crewe in 1806. Crewe's brother John was also an MP in 1654.

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Sir Clippesby Crewe, MP's Timeline

1599
September 4, 1599
1626
1626
1649
January 1649
Age 49
February 3, 1649
Age 49
Westminster Abbey, London, UK
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