Benjamin Deicrowe
English merchant (c.1560s - c.1646)
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Benjamin Deicrowe, or Deicrow, Decrowe, or Decrow (c.1560s - c.1646) was an English merchant and warden of the Muscovy Company in 1617 and 1627. He was a freeman of the Merchant Adventurers, the Russia and the East India Companies. He gave his name to Deicrowe's Sound, a fjord in Svalbard (Spitsbergen), Norway, now known as Tjuvfjorden.
Early life
Deicrowe was born around 1560. He was apprenticed to Anthony Marlour.[1]
Career
Deicrowe was freed from his apprenticeship by 1588.[1]
He gave his name in 1616 to Deicrowe's Sound, a fjord in Svalbard, Norway, now known as Tjuvfjorden.[3]
He was warden of the Muscovy Company in 1617 and 1627 and was a freeman of the Merchant Adventurers, the Russia and the East India Companies.[1]
He owned property in London, Middlesex and Surrey.[1]
Family
Death
He made his will in 1626 and amended it in 1632. He probably died in 1646 as probate was granted in December 1646.[1]
