Sir Francis Crane

Sir Francis Crane

Sir Francis Crane (born "ca." 1579, died "ca."1636) was the founder of Mortlake Tapestry Works cite book|title = Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Wendy Hefford 2004] at Mortlake on the south bank of the river Thames in West London.

Life

The tapestry works almost ruined Crane, as it involved him in considerable outlay of capital for an inadequate return, and in 1623 he was forced to appeal to the King, James I for financial help. James I died in 1625 and Crane was given much more favourable terms by the new King, Charles I, whose secretary he had been since 1617cite web|title = Portrait of Crane by Van Dyke auctioned at Sotheby’s in 2002 for £227,000|url = http://www.sothebys.com/liveauctions/sneak/archive/la_sirfrancis_1102.html |accessdate = 2008-08-20] .

In 1629 the King gave him the Manor of Stoke Bruerne in Northamptonshire, where he built Stoke Park, a fine Palladian house, possibly with assistance from Inigo Jones.

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