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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.