PYWELL, PETER; b.; adm.; QS in 1596; contributed to collection of verses writtren by the QSS on death of Lady Elizabeth Cecil in 1597, and to collection of congratulatory verses to Queen Elizabeth I written by them in same year (British Library, Royal MSS); Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, pensioner, matr. Mich. 1598.

PYNE, RICHARD; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1749 (Watts').

Pyke, Lewis Harold, son of Tom Joseph Pyke, of Bayswater; b. May 16, 1887; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (A); left Dec. 1902; d. March 1962.

PYKE, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1664, adm. pens. 1664, scholar 1665; BA 1667/8; MA 1671; ordained priest (Lincoln) 17 May 1668; Vicar of Weston, Herts., from 20 May 1668; Chaplain, Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1671-81; d. 1735. [but note will Rev. John Pyke, Weston, Staffs. (sic), proved PCC 4 Dec 1731 (sic)]

PYKE, GEORGE, son of John Pyke, Suffolk; b.; adm. 9 Jan 1792 (Clapham); left Whitsuntide 1795; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 2 Jul 1796; migrated to Gonville and Caius Coll., adm. pens. 30 Apr 1799, aged 22, scholar Mich. 1799 – Mich. 1801, Tancred student 1801; MB 1801; ordained priest 21 Dec 1817; Vicar of Wickhambrook, Suffolk, from 19 Sep 1823; m. 30 Oct 1805 (IGI) Mary, dau. of Aubone Surtees; d. 23 Dec 1827, aged 50.

Puxon, François Edward Mortimer, son of Edward Francis Mortimer Puxon, of Farnham, Sur­rey, and Ethel Beatrice de Thierry, d. of François Albert de Thierry Mouillot of Harrogate, Yorks; b. 21 Aug. 1907; adm. Jan. 1922 (G); left July 1924; adm. a solicitor Mar. 1930; practised at Colchester; RAFVR (A & SD) 1940-5 (Flt Lieut.); m. 1st 27 June 1931 Freda Evans, d. of Charles Evans Atkinson of Harrogate; 2nd 29 Aug. 1946 Christine Margaret Weddell Puxon MD FRCOG QC, barrister-at-law, d. of Reginald Wood Hale, co. director, of Hagley, Worcs, and subsequently wife of F. Morris Williams MBE; 3rd 28 Jan. 1955 Mary Cecilia Bairstow, d. of Sidney Martin Lampand of Bolney, Sussex; d. 25 Dec. 1982.

Purves, Walter Douglas Laidlaw, youngest son of William Laidlaw Purves, M.D., of London, by Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick Adie, of Isleworth, Middlesex; b. July 15, 1892; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (H); left Dec. 1909; went to South Africa, and afterwards to the Malay States; enlisted in King Edward's Horse Aug. 6, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 9th Batt. East Lancs Regt. Dec. 22, 1914; Lieut. Sept. 4, 1915; acting Capt. April 24, 1917; killed in action on the Doiran Vardar front April 28, 1917; unm.

PUREFYE, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1569-70 (Chapter Muniments).

PUREFOY, TOBIAS, son of Ralph Purefoy, Leicestershire; b.; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1661; did not secure election to either university 1664, but elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1665, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1665, scholar 1666, matr. 1667/8; BA 1668/9; MA 1672; ordained priest (Ely) 2 Jun 1672; Chaplain, Trinity Coll. 1671-2.

Founded in 1981 as a girl’s boarding house, Purcell’s settled on its current name in 1995 to celebrate the composer’s tercentenary.
Henry Purcell was the organist at Westminster Abbey and may have studied at Westminster.