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.