Background
Crymes was the son of William Crymes, of Buckland Monachorum, Devon.
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Education
Exeter College.
Career
He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 21 November 1634, aged 19. He was at Lincoln"s Inn in 1634. He was secluded under Pride"s Purge in 1648.
In 1659 he was elected Member of Parliament for Bere Alston for the Third Protectorate Parliament.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Tavistock again in April 1660 for the Convention Parliament until his election was declared void on 3 May. In 1661 he was elected Member of Parliament for Bere Alston in the Cavalier Parliament until his election was declared void on 16 May.
Crymes died at the age of about 75 and was buried at Buckland Monachorum on 17 March 1690.
Membership
In August 1646, he was elected Member of Parliament for Tavistock as a recruiter to the Long Parliament.
