CRISPE, MATTHEW [SSNE 8361]

Surname

CRISPE

First name

MATTHEW

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

ENGLISH

Text source

Matthew Crispe was an English privateer ('Sea-Beggar' or 'Watergeuzen') in the service of the Prince of Orange between 1571 and 1572. 

 

Sources:

J.C.A. de Meij, De Watergeuzen en de Nederlanden, 1568-1572 (Amsterdam, 1972), p. 314.

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

THE LOW COUNTRIES, PRINCE OF ORANGE, SEA-BEGGAR FLEET

Arrived 1571-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1572-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity PRIVATEER, purpose NAVAL, MARITIME