John Crewe or Crew (1603 – 12 May 1670) was an English barrister and politician who sat in the

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in 1654. Crewe was the second son of Sir

Ranulph Crewe Sir Ranulph (or Ranulphe, Randolph, or Randall) Crew(e) (1558 – 3 January 1646) was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King's Bench. Early life and career Ranulph Crewe was the second son of John Crew of Nantwich, who is said to hav ...

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, and his first wife Julia Clipsby. He matriculated from

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at Easter 1619 and was admitted at

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on 28 October 1618. He became a barrister in 1626. In 1654, Crewe was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

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. Crewe obtained the manor of Utkinton through his marriage. He died at the age of 67 and was buried at Tarporley where there is a monument to him. J H. Hanshall ''The history of the county palatine of Chester''
/ref> In 1636, Crewe married Mary Done (1604–90), daughter of Sir John Done. The youngest of their four children was Sir John Crewe.Label of portrait of Mary Done in the

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Crewe's brother Clipsby was also an MP.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crew, John 1603 births 1670 deaths 17th-century English lawyers English MPs 1654–1655 Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Members of Lincoln's Inn People from Alsager