.jpg?w=1)
拍品專文
The sitter was the fifth son of John Crewe (1598-1679), of Stene, Northamptonshire, and his wife, Jemima, daughter of Edward Waldegrave. His father was a moderate parliamentarian during the Civil War, and one of the deputation that met King Charles II at the Hague, who was raised to the peerage as Baron Crewe of Stene in 1661.
Crewe went up to Lincoln College, Oxford, in 1652, rose through the university and was elected Rector of Lincoln in 1668. His pliancy towards the Romish tendencies of the Duke of York, the future King James II, secured the royal favour and, in 1671, the see of Oxford, an honour which was repayed by his solemnising the marriage of York to Maria D'Este in 1673. He was further rewarded in 1674 with translation to the powerful see of Durham, and a seat on the Privy Council in 1676.
The zenith of his career came with the accession of King James II, who bestowed on his loyal supporter the office of Dean of the Chapel Royal, and membership of the ecclesiastical commission. During James's reign, Crewe was one of the key promoters of the King's religious policies, and his influence was eclipsed by the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
Crewe inherited the barony from his brother in 1697, and married Penelope, daughter of Sir Philip Frowde of Kent, in 1691, and secondly in 1700, Dorothy, daughter of Sir William Forster of Bamburgh in Northumberland. He died without issue, leaving his considerable estates to charity and Lincoln College.
Crewe went up to Lincoln College, Oxford, in 1652, rose through the university and was elected Rector of Lincoln in 1668. His pliancy towards the Romish tendencies of the Duke of York, the future King James II, secured the royal favour and, in 1671, the see of Oxford, an honour which was repayed by his solemnising the marriage of York to Maria D'Este in 1673. He was further rewarded in 1674 with translation to the powerful see of Durham, and a seat on the Privy Council in 1676.
The zenith of his career came with the accession of King James II, who bestowed on his loyal supporter the office of Dean of the Chapel Royal, and membership of the ecclesiastical commission. During James's reign, Crewe was one of the key promoters of the King's religious policies, and his influence was eclipsed by the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
Crewe inherited the barony from his brother in 1697, and married Penelope, daughter of Sir Philip Frowde of Kent, in 1691, and secondly in 1700, Dorothy, daughter of Sir William Forster of Bamburgh in Northumberland. He died without issue, leaving his considerable estates to charity and Lincoln College.