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CROW, WILLIAM, son of Christopher Crow, East Bilney, Norfolk, and Susan, dau. of Thomas Townsend, Testerton, Norfolk; b. ; at school under Camden five years; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Jan 1594/5, aged 18, scholar Lady Day 1595 - Mich. 1602, Junior Fellow Mich. 1603, Senior Fellow Lady Day - Mich. 1613, matr. 1595 (J. Venn, Biog. Hist. Gonville and Caius Coll. Camb. , I, 154); BA 1598/9; MA 1602; ordained priest (Lincoln) 3 Apr 1613; Rector of Barnby and Vicar of Mutford, Suffolk, from 1613; kept a school at Mutford; m. Margaret, dau. of Rev. James Taylor DD, Prebendary of Ely; buried at Mutford 20 Jul 1633.

CROWCH, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; failed to obtain election to either university 1639.

CROWDY, CHARLES WHITTON, brother of Ernest Alfred Crowdy (qv); b. 23 Dec 1864; adm. (R) 25 Sep 1879; left Aug 1881; adm. solicitor Nov 1887; practised at Torquay, Devon, subsequently in London; m. 11 Feb 1914 Sybil Ada, dau. of Henry Nicholas Harvey, Hayle, Cornwall.

CROWDY, ERNEST ALFRED, eldest son of Alfred Southby Crowdy, Donnington, Berks., banker, and Emma Eliza, dau. of James Smith Townsend (qv); b. 18 Sep 1855; adm. 27 May 1869 (James'); left Aug 1872; drowned by the upsetting of his canoe at Anstey’s Cove, Torquay 5 Mar 1874.

CROWDY, FRANCIS DEMAINBRAY, brother of Ernest Alfred Crowdy (qv); b. 17 Sep 1857; adm. 26 Jan 1871 (James'); QS 1872; left Apr 1876; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Jan 1877; played Association Football against Cambridge 1877, 1880; BA 1881; MA and MB 1885; MD 1889; St. Thomas’s Hospital; MRCS LSA 1885; practised at Torquay; m. 8 Apr 1896 Florence Mary, dau. of John Brewer Saunders, Torquay.

Crowe, George Lawson, son of George Wyndham Crowe, M. D., of Worcester, by Marian, daughter of William Price-Hughes, of Northwick Hall, Worcester; b. Jan. 8, 1885; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1898; left July 1903; Non-Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1903; migrated to Trin. Coll. Dublin; B.A. 1909; a schoolmaster; played cricket for Worcestershire 1906-14; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. Worcs Regt. Jan. 20, 1915; Capt. and Adjt. June 1916-Jan. 1919; m. July 11, 1916, Muriel Maud, daughter of William Homer Caldicott, J. P., of Worcester.

CROWE, WILLIAM; b. ; adm. ; KS 1672.

CROWLE, CHARLES JOHN, only [eldest ?] son of Richard Crowle MP, Hull, Yorks., barrister and Bencher Inner Temple, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Pearman, London, timber merchant; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1748/9 (Burges'); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 30 Jul 1757, matr. Lent 1758; adm. Inner Temple 13 Jun 1755; Grand Tour (in Italy 1761-2); MP Richmond 26 May 1769-74; member Society of Dilettanti 1764, Secretary 1774-8; d. 7 Mar 1811.

CROYDEN, GEORGE, brother of Thomas Croyden (qv); b. ; adm. ; KS (Capt. ) ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1634, matr. 1 Sep 1634, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1650 (?); BA 1638; MA 1641; Under Master, Westminster School 1642-5; submitted to Parliamentary Visitors 1648; “absent on leave” when required to subscribe the engagement in Feb 1650/1 (Burrows, p. 329); LLD Padua 20 Mar 1656/7 (incorp. DCL Oxford 4 Nov 1662); ordained; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford from 14 Dec 1666, subsequently also Treasurer, Christ Church; m. 10 Jul 1660 (IGI) Eleanor [or Elizabeth ?] (IGI), widow of Thomas Garfoot, Hyde, Ingatestone, Essex, and sister of Sir John Heydon, Governor of the Bermuda Company; d. 14 Jun 1678. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.