In 1586 Robert Crane 1st Baronet was born.
Around 1606 Robert Crane 1st Baronet [aged 20] and Dorothy Hobart [aged 13] were married.
After 1606 Robert Crane 1st Baronet [aged 20] and Susan Alinton were married.
In 1614 Robert Crane 1st Baronet [aged 28] was elected MP Sudbury and held the seat until 1620.
In 1621 Robert Crane 1st Baronet [aged 35] was elected MP Suffolk.
In 1624 Robert Crane 1st Baronet [aged 38] was elected MP Sudbury.
On 11th April 1624 [his wife] Dorothy Hobart [aged 32] died.
In 1625 Robert Crane 1st Baronet [aged 39] was elected MP Sudbury.
In 1626 Robert Crane 1st Baronet [aged 40] was elected MP Suffolk.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 21st April 1626 Robert Crane 1st Baronet [aged 40] was created 1st Baronet Crane of Chilton in Suffolk.
In 1628 Robert Crane 1st Baronet [aged 42] was elected MP Sudbury.
On 10th June 1630 [his daughter] Susan Crane was born to Robert Crane 1st Baronet [aged 44] and [his wife] Susan Alinton in Chilton, Suffolk. She married before 18th November 1650 Edward Walpole of Houghton and had issue.
In 1631 [his daughter] Anne Crane was born to Robert Crane 1st Baronet [aged 45] and [his wife] Susan Alinton in Chilton, Suffolk. She married (1) 26th August 1649 William Armine 2nd Baronet, son of William Armine 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Hicks Lady Armine, and had issue (2) 24th July 1659 John Belasyse 1st Baron Belasyse, son of Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg and Barbara Cholmley.
In 1632 Robert Crane 1st Baronet [aged 46] was appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk.
In April 1640 Robert Crane 1st Baronet [aged 54] was elected MP Sudbury in the Short Parliament.
In November 1640 Humphrey Coningsbury [aged 17] was elected MP Herefordshire in the Long Parliament.
William Heveningham [aged 36] was elected MP Stockbridge during the Long Parliament.
Robert Crane 1st Baronet [aged 54] was elected MP Sudbury in the Long Parliament holding the seat until his death in 1643.
John Jennings was elected MP St Albans during the Long Parliament.
John Glynne [aged 38] was elected MP Westminster during the Long Parliament.
In February 1643 Robert Crane 1st Baronet [aged 57] died. Baronet Crane of Chilton in Suffolk extinct.