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The
CRISP/CRISPE Family of Nottingham & London
Name probably derived from
personal traits, such as hair character.
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 as gentleman merchant
traders, but may also suggest possible 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 originally.
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.
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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)
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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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