Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew was Bishop of Oxford from 1671 to 1674, then Bishop of Durham from 1674 to 1721. As such he was one of the longest-serving bishops of the Church of England.
Oil painting of Crew as Bishop of Durham.
Crew's arms as Bishop of Durham Both his coronet as a Baron and the Bishop of Durham's Earl's coronet are shown
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A Clerk of the Closet is a member of the clergy within the United Kingdom who is appointed to minister to the monarch of the United Kingdom.
Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew
…and priest on the same day in Lent 1665; and appointed Rector of the college in 1668. He became dean and precentor of Chichester on 29 April 1669, Clerk of the Closet to Charles II shortly afterwards (holding that post until the Glorious Revolution in December 1688). He was elected Bishop of Oxford in April 1671 and…
The Tudor closet at Hampton Court Palace; the door beyond leads to the Royal Pew in the gallery of the Chapel Royal.