Rash's Surname Index
Notes for William CRISPIN
At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642, William Crispin, threw in his lot with the Parliamentary Party, and having had a wide
experience in command of various merchant ships, including the 'Adventure,' in 1634. He was Master of the 'Fellowship' of 28 guns, commanded by Captain, afterwards Admiral Sir William Penn, when she sailed on her second voyage from Deptford, in the Thames, on October 12th, 1644. He did not long survive, however, as will be seen from the following entries in Penn's manuscript
Journal, in 1645, which state that he died on board his ship at
Carrickfergus, on the coast of County Antrim, northeast Ireland: 'April 1645, 7th, Mundaye About 4 a Carrickfergus in the morningh wee wayed with the wynd at the W.N.W. a hard gayle and turned up into the roade off Carickfergus and came to an ancker about 12 a clock at noone, the castel bore off N.W. halff northerley in 6 1/2 fadem waeter halff cannel over 8th Aprill About 3 a clocke in the morningh our master William Crispin departed out off this world and then the mounye was Carried aschoare 9th Wednesdaye About 2 a clocke in the afernoone, wee Carried our master
ashoare and gave him 10 peeces off ordinance, and wee buried him in the Chansel in the Church off Carickfergus.'
A memorial window portraying St. Andrew, sailor and apostle, has been dedicated to Capt. Crispin's father in the Church at Carrickfergus. The bronze tablet beneath this window bears only his arms and parts of the exact wording of the entry concerning his death above referred to, as recorded in Admiral Penn's Journal.
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