Sir Nicholas Crispe, 1st Baronet was an English Royalist and a wealthy merchant who pioneered the West African slave trade in the 1630s; a customs farmer; Member of Parliament for Winchelsea Nov. 1640
portrait by Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen
Tobias Crisp
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Tobias Crisp D.D. was an English clergyman and reputed antinomian. In the end he proved a divisive figure for English Calvinists, with a serious controversy arising from the republication of his works
Sir Nicholas Crispe, 1st Baronet
…as Crisp or Crispe. He was the son of Ellis Crispe who was Sheriff of London and died in 1625. He was married to Anne Prescot and was the brother of Tobias Crisp, a prominent cleric and antinomian. Crisp made money from brickworks in Hammersmith then invested in other trade. Crisp's main commercial interests…
Tobias Crisp