ONS: CRISP of Nottingham & London from 1686

I have conducted a local One Name Study for this Nottingham family name which includes London & Leicester connections where proven or known. The connection between Nottingham and London is likely to be one due to trade, but may also suggest older London roots for this family.
Roots currently traced back to John CRISP, gentleman, and his wife Jane who married before 1686. There were CRISP families in Nottingham in the C20th, who may be descendants. The 1881 distribution of the name (above) clearly suggests an East Anglian origin.

Descendants mostly recorded at the Chapel Gate Meeting House, High Pavement, in the City of Nottingham, i.e. mostly Quakers.

Notes:
Baptism of John's son, Nathaniel CRISP not in transcripts of High Pavement 1690-1723.
Castle Gate Meeting House was built in 1689, but earliest surviving register dates from 1705. Hence no baptisms for sons Nathaniel and Maidwell.
Notts Marriage Index 1754-1812: no other entries for lateral family members.
There are no CRISP marriages at the church of St Nicholas.

Nathaniel CRISP, the Elder:
The Burgess* Roll for Nottingham records Nathaniel, framework knitter, as enrolled in 1717. His qualification was servitude by serving an apprenticeship to a Nottingham Burgess, enrolment usual taking place upon completion around the age of 21. The Roll indicates that he was allotted a Burgess Part. He was apprenticed to George EATON of Nottingham in 1710, as s/o John of Nottingham, gentleman, deceased, noted as a framework knitter 'of London'**. The indenture was subject to a tax of £6. He does not appear in the Index of Apprentices kept by Notts Archives Office.

[* a Burgess is a Freeman of the borough.]
[** this suggest Nathaniel's baptism may be found somewhere in London]
Source: Society of Genealogists Apprenticeships Index (1710-74; 41/11 1710)

Nathaniel "The Bishop" CRISP:
[Presumed to be the man who married Fanny HORSELEY in 1789]
From "Notes About Notts. A Collection of Singular Sayings, Curious Customs, Eccentric Epitaphs and Interesting Items, Historical & Antiquarian" by Cornelius BROWN, Nottingham, 1874. p.63:

"BISHOP CRISP: This individual was one Nathaniel CRISP, a butcher, who carried on business at the corner of Lister-gate and Broad-marsh. He was the principal baptiser during the famous duckings at Nottingham in 1794, the Leen and the canal served as the Jordan, in which the baptism by immersion took place. The sprinkling process was performed chiefly at the Exchange pump, whilst the spectators sung - "We'll pump upon them till they sing, Upon their knees, God save the King". "The Bishop" was convicted at the Spring Assizes of the following year for his riotous conduct during the ducking season, fined a nominal sum, and imprisoned for six months. He died in May, 1819."

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Births Mar 1873:
William Frederick W CRISP   Nottingham 7b 242
Births Mar 1875:
Edgar CRISP     Nottingham 7b 253
Gordon CRISP    Nottingham 7b 253
Walter Kenneth CRISP     Nottingham 7b 257
Births Mar 1883:
Emma Maria M CRISP     Nottingham 7b 399
Births Jun 1883:
Winifred CRISP     Nottingham 7b 280
Births Jun 1903:
Annie Maud CRISP     Nottingham 7b 330
Births Dec 1906:
May CRISP     Nottingham 7b 443

Marriages Mar 1840:
William CRISP     Nottingham 15 747
William CRISP     Nottingham 15 751
Marriages Dec 1841:
Mary CRISP     Nottingham 15 1083
Marriages Jun 1871:
Thomas Daniel CRISP     Nottingham 7b 483
Marriages Dec 1871:
William Baker CRISP     Nottingham 7b 618
Marriages Sep 1874:
Charlotte CRISP     Nottingham 7b 402
Marriages Dec 1876:
Elizabeth CRISP     Nottingham 7b 505
Marriages Dec 1883:
Alice CRISP     Nottingham 7b 697
Mary CRISP     Nottingham 7b 640
Marriages Jun 1884:
Samuel CRISP     Nottingham 7b 407
Marriages Sep 1890:
Thomas CRISP     Nottingham 7b 410
Marriages Sep 1894:
John CRISP     Nottingham 7b 368
Marriages Jun 1901:
Mary Ann CRISP     Nottingham 7b 691
Sarah Ellen CRISP     Nottingham 7b 510
Marriages Sep 1901:
Ernest CRISP     Nottingham 7b 733
Marriages Jun 1903:
John Thomas CRISP     Nottingham 7b 510

Deaths Mar 1843:
Mary CRISP     Nottingham 15 427
Deaths Jun 1844:
Rebecca CRISP     Nottingham 15 401
Deaths Sep 1844:
Elizabeth CRISP     Nottingham 15 388
Deaths Mar 1852:
Mary Ann CRISP     Nottingham 7b 141
Deaths Jun 1856:
Joseph CRISP     Nottingham 7b 157
Deaths Mar 1859:
Thomas CRISP     Nottingham 7b 243
Deaths Jun 1873:
William CRISP 29 Nottingham 7b 139
Deaths Jun 1876:
John Green CRISP 7_ Nottingham 7b 153
Deaths Dec 1883:
William CRISP 66 Nottingham 7b 156
Deaths Sep 1890:
William Barker CRISP 47 Nottingham 7b 140
Deaths Dec 1894:
Elizabeth CRISP 63 Nottingham 7b 207
Deaths Jun 1902:
Elizabeth CRISP 71 Nottingham 7b 221
Deaths Sep 1902:
Martha CRISP 63 Nottingham 7b 123

Name probably derived from personal traits, such as hair character.