CRANFORD, J.; b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1642; KS in 1644 (Chapter Muniments 43114).
CRANSTON, JOHN, son of William Cranston, Johnson’s Court, Fleet Street, London, solicitor, and his first wife Mary Swaysland; bapt. St. Bride’s, Fleet Street 3 Dec 1736 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Jan 1750/1 (Watts'); in school list 1752; adm. solicitor 30 Nov 1759; practised in London; retired after a few years to East Grinstead, Sussex, where he built East Court and in 1767 became Assist. Warden, Sackville College; m. 8 Nov 1759 (IGI) Catherine Green, East Court, East Grinstead, Sussex; d. 26 Mar 1781.
CRAUFURD, JOHN, son of Sir Alexander Craufurd, Bart. , and Jane, dau. of James Crockatt, Luxborough, Essex; bapt. Chigwell, Essex 23 Sep 1765; adm. 31 May 1780, having previously been at Harrow School; KS (Capt. , aged 15) 1781; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 20 Jun 1783, scholar on Bishop Williams’ foundation 4 Nov 1783, matr. Mich. 1783; BA 1789; MA 1804; ordained deacon (London, lit. dim. from York) 8 Mar 1789, priest (York) 11 Oct 1789; Curate, Gamston, Notts. , and Domestic Chaplain to William, 4th Duke of Queensberry 1789; Vicar of Elvaston, Derbs. , from 2 Apr 1790; Vicar of Great Coates, Lincs. , 12 Nov 1792 - Jun 1796; Rector of Beelsby, Lincs. , 8 Dec 1800-03; Vicar of West Markham, Notts. , from 29 Nov 1803; d. at Barèges, France Apr 1806.
CRAWFORD, WILLIAM, only son of William Crawford, Newington, Surrey, and his first wife Sarah ---; b.; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1762; Capt. of the School 1767; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1768, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1768, scholar 21 Apr 1769, matr. Lent 1769; BA 1772; MA 1775; DD 1801; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Sep 1773, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1775; ordained deacon 19 Sep 1773, priest 25 Apr 1775 (both London); Curate, Newington Butts, Surrey, 1785; Rector of Blethvaugh, Radnorshire, 1788-93; Archdeacon of Carmarthen from 11 Aug 1793; Rector of Trottescliffe, Kent, from 1794 and of Milton, Kent, from 1797; m. 1 Jan 1778 Susanna Weston, Newington, Surrey; d. 14 Apr 1827.
CRAWLEY, CHARLES HENRY, second son of Rev. Robert Townsend Crawley, Rector of North Ockendon, Essex, and Louisa Marianne, dau. of Rev. James Charles Clutterbuck, Rector of Long Wittenham, Berks.; b. 7 Jul 1859; adm. 30 May 1872 (James'); left May 1877; an accountant; became Secretary to Lord Burton at Rangemore, Burton-on-Trent, Staffs.; m. 12 Dec 1888 Mathilde Louise Genevieve, dau. of J. C. Lefebvre, Boulogne, France; d. 1 Sep 1914.
CRAWLEY, RICHARD, second son of Rev. Richard Crawley, Rector of Rotherfield, Sussex, and of St. Mildred Poultry, London, and Mary, dau. of Owen Clutton, Greenwich, Kent; b. 31 May 1791; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1806; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1810, adm. pens. 7 Jun 1810, scholar 1811, matr. Mich. 1810; BA 1814; migr. to Magdalene Coll. Dec 1814; MA 1817; Fellow and Tutor, Magdalene Coll.; Proctor 1823-4; ordained deacon 19 Mar 1815, priest 29 Sep 1816 (both Ely); Vicar of Steeple Ashton cum Semington, Wilts., from 12 Jun 1828; Prebendary of Salisbury from 25 Feb 1843; d. unm. 9 Dec 1869.
Crawshaw, Ralph Dunford, son of Peter Hiram Crawshaw, of Scarborough, Yorks, by Jeanne Charlotte, daughter of Col. Francis Mountjoy Mostyn, 2nd Life Guards, of London; b. Nov. 24, 1880; adm. Jan. 18, 1894 (A); left April 1897; employed in the Foreign Office during Great War I; a member of the Prime Minister's staff at the Peace Conference at Paris 1919; m. Feb. 2, 1901, Constance Lucy, daughter of Thomas Brooks, of East Barnet, Herts; d. March 1, 1951.
Craze, Peter Dermot, son of Michael Romilly Craze, schoolmaster, of Felsted, Essex, and Carol Mary, d. of Rev. Alan Hugh McNeile DD, Regius Prof. of Divinity, Trin. Coll. Dublin; b. 4 Dec. 1946; adm. Sept. 1960 (G); left July 1965; Hertford Coll. Oxf., matric. 1965, BA 1968, MA 1975; asst. master Repton Sch. 1969-71, King’s Sch. Ely 1971-5, Manchester GS 1975-83; Headmaster Durston House Sch. Ealing 1983-2004; m. July 1971 Gabrielle-Anne, d. of Sir Denys Haigh Wilkinson FRS, Vice-Chancellor Univ. of Sussex; d. 11 Nov. 2004.
CREAKE, THOMAS, son of Thomas Creake, Chelsea, Middlesex, and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Talbot DCL, Gunvill’s Hall, Norfolk; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1629; KS 1630 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS lxix, 224).
CREIGHTON, ROBERT, son of Thomas Creighton, and Margaret Stuart; b. 1593; adm. 1607; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1613, adm. scholar 1614; BA 1617/8; MA 1621 (incorp. Oxford 15 Jul 1628); DD Oxford 21 Feb 1642/3; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1619- c. 1621; Professor of Greek, Cambridge 1625-39; Public Orator 1627-39; ordained; Prebendary of Lincoln 18 Mar 1631/2 – Jun 1670; Prebendary and Treasurer, Wells Dec. 1632 – Jun 1660, also Canon Residentiary 1 Apr 1633 – Jun 1660; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles I; Rector of Huggate, Yorks., 1641; Dean of St. Buryan, Cornwall, 1642-5, sequestered; escaped to the Continent on the fall of Oxford, disguised as a labourer; member of exiled court of Charles II; tutor to Sir Ralph Verney’s son at The Hague 1652; Dean of Wells 29 Jun 1660 - Jun 1670; restored the cathedral; Rector of Uplowman, Devon 1665-70; Vicar of Cheddar, Somerset, 5 Sep 1665-70; consecrated Bishop of Bath and Wells 19 Jun 1670; author, Vera Historia Unionis inter Graecos et Latinos sive Concilii Florentini exactissima narratio, 1660; m. Frances, dau. of William Walrond; d. 21 Nov 1672. DNB.