| Collection | Frederick Crisp Indentures |
| Admin history | Compiled by Frederick Arthur Crisp (1851-1922) of Little Wenham, Suffolk. Previous and subsequent admin history unknown.
Frederick Arthur Crisp was born 27 Jun 1851 in Walworth, Surrey, England. He was the eldest son of Frederick Augustus Crisp of Playford, Suffolk, and Sarah Steedman, daughter of John Steedman of Walworth. He married Gertrude South, daughter of John South of Ramsay in Essex, on 21st October 1880, and together they had six daughters. In the 1901 England Census, Crisp and his family are noted as living at Grove Park, Camberwell, London. Crisp was employed as a patent medicine vendor.
In University of Toronto's British Armoral Bindings Crisp is noted as being an "industrious genealogist and printed many works of genealogical interest at his private press at Grove Park". Crisp's library was sold at Sotheby's in four parts between 1922 and 1935. through his research, Crisp produced the pedigrees of the Steedman, Faulconer and Crisp families held at TNA and published pamphlets on the names. He was also a collector, of memorial rings and Ipswich pottery amongst other things, some objects are now at the British Museum, the name entry for him reads “Frederick Arthur Crisp, 1851-1922. individual, collector, academic/intellectual, British, Male. English collector and genealogist".
Crisp died on 25 April 1922 at The Manor House, Godalming Surrey, and is buried at Wenham Parva, Suffolk. His probate record states that "Probate London 31 July to Gertrude Crisp widow. John Arthur South and Cooper South esquires. Effects £163832 7s 9d". There is a memorial to Crisp in St. John’s Church, Farncombe, Surrey.
This description was created with the help of Jacqueline Spencer, as part of her work for '(Re)constructions' project (MEMS8940), 3rd May 2022. |