LAYFIELD, JOHN, son of Rev. Edward Layfield, St. Peter-le-Poer, London [presumably Rector of Fulham, Middlesex, and Prebendary of London]; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1577, adm. scholar 18 Apr 1578, matr. Lent 1577/8; BA 1581/2; MA 1585; BD 1592; DD 1603; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1583, Major Fellow 29 Apr 1585-1603; ordained; probably Chaplain to George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, during his expedition to the West Indies 1598; Rector of Aldwinkle St. Peter’s, Northants 30 Sep 1598-1602; Rector of St. Clement Danes, London, from 23 Mar 1601/2; Rector of Graveley-cum-Chivesfield, Herts., 10 Oct 1605; one of the revisers of the Bible 1606; Fellow, Chelsea College 1610; author, A Large Relation of the Porto Ricco Voiage, printed in Purchas, Pilgrims, 1625, iv, 1155; m. 24 Jan 1602/3 Bridget, widow of John Brickett, St. Ethelburga, London, merchant, dau. of John Robinson, Reading, Berks., and half-sister of Most Rev. William Laud DD, Archbishop of Canterbury; d. 6 Nov 1617. DNB.
LAYE, HENRY THOMAS, son of Francis Laye, Doncaster, Yorks.; bapt. Doncaster, Yorks. 19 Mar 1778 (IGI); adm. 10 Feb 1793 (Clapham); KS (aged 15) 1795; played cricket v. Eton on Hounslow Heath 25 Jul 1796; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1797, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 May 1797; ordained deacon 19 Oct 1800, priest 18 Jul 1802 (both York); Vicar of Rampton, Notts., 1802; Vicar of Pickering, Yorks., 1804; m. 23 Feb 1807 Nancy, dau. of Josiah Maynard, Pickering, Yorks.; d. 29 Jun 1809.
LAWTONE, ---; b.; adm.; KS ; left 1549 (Chapter Muniments).
LAWTON, THOMAS JOSEPH, son of Thomas Joseph Lawton, Walthamstow, Essex, and Cecilia ---; b.; adm. 15 Jan 1787; KS (aged 15) 1790; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 May 1793, scholar 2 May 1794; BA 1798; MA 1805; ordained deacon 1798, priest 1800; Rector of Elmswell, Suffolk, from 1810; Perpetual Curate of Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk 1813; Rector of Chignal Smealy, Essex 1838; m. 22 Dec 1798 Catherine, dau. of Edward Warner, Walthamstow, Essex; d. 19 Mar 1863, aged 88.
LAWTON, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS 16 Jan 1608/9 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 219b); failed to obtain his election to either University 1610; Christ Church, Oxford, adm. Jan 1610/1, Canoneer Student to 1615; BA 1614.
LAWSON, R.; b.; adm.; QS; a contributor to the congratulatory verses written by QSS to Queen Elizabeth 1597 (British Library, Royal MSS). [Possibly = Richard Lawson, Peterhouse, Cambridge, matr. Mich 1598, BA 1601/2, MA 1605 and ordained deacon (Peterborough) 22 Sep 1622 (sic, correctly ?)].
LAWSON, GEORGE, son of Francis Lawson, Inner Temple, London, barrister, and Margaret Cox (IGI); b.; adm. 15 Jan 1781; KS (aged 14) 1781; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1785, matr. 26 May 1785, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1785 – res. 22 Dec 1795; admonished for irregularity and obstinacy 9 Apr 1788; BA 1789; MA 1792.
Lawrence, Edward Feurtado, brother of John Henry Lawrence (q.v.); b. Nov. 28, 1892; adm. as (non-resident) K.S. Sept. 27, 1906 (H); left July 1911; d. Feb. 14, 1913.
LAW, WILLIAM JOHN, eldest son of Ewan Law MP, formerly EICS Bengal, and Henrietta Sarah, eldest dau. of William Markham (adm. 1733, qv); b. 6 Dec 1786; adm. 16 May 1794 (Clapham); in school lists 1795, 1797; KS (Capt. ) 1800; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1804, matr. 16 May 1804, Westminster Student; Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1807; 1st cl. Classics 1808; BA 1808; MA 1810; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Jun 1808, called to bar 10 Feb 1813; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1816-31, when post abolished); a Commissioner of Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors 30 Jun 1824 – Aug 1853, Chief Commissioner 1 Aug 1853-61; author, On The Passage of Hannibal over the Alps, 1866, and several legal works; m. 1 Jan 1817 Charlotte Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Sympson, Middlethorpe Hall, Yorks. ; d. 5 Oct 1869. DNB.
Law, Richard William Evan, son of George Edward Law MC FIPA, of Ewell, Surrey, and Margaret Dorothy Evans OBE, encyclopaedist, d. of Thomas Robert Evans, grain broker, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire; b. 17 May 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (KS); Capt. of the Sch. 1943; left July 1944; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1944, BA, MA 1951; RNVR 1944-7 (Sub-Lieut. ); a merchant banker; Seligman Bros 1951-3; Gillett Bros Discount Co. 1953-83, man. dir. 1968-83; dir. Kirkland-Whittaker Ltd. (Foreign Exchange and Currency Deposits) and chmn. Kirkland-Whittaker (Italia) 1974-8; dir. BCI Ltd. 1983-7; chmn. Euromed Investments Plc 1986-97; MBE Jun 1996, for services to UK/Italian cultural relations; music critic for Opera and other periodicals 1950-; author (as Evan Hughes), Banking 1974; m. 11 Feb 1955 Joy Patricia Spira, art historian, d. of Jean-Jacques Spira MRCS LRCP, med. practitioner; d. 20 June 2007.