COTTON, HENRY, son of Rev. William Cotton, Vicar of Chicheley, Bucks.; b. 31 Mar 1790; adm.; in school list May 1803; KS 1803; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1807, matr. 12 May 1807, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics 1810; BA 1811; MA 1813; DCL 1820; LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin 1832; Sub-Librarian, Bodleian Library, 1814-22; ordained; Vicar of Cassington, Oxford, 6 Feb 1818-23; Domestic Chaplain to Most Rev. Richard Laurence, Archbishop of Cashel, 1823; Prebendary of Cashel 1 Oct 1823 - Jun 1824, Archdeacon of Cashel 19 Jun 1824-50; Treasurer, Christ Church, Dublin, 12 Jun 1832; Dean of Lismore 16 Dec 1834 - Oct 1849; author, Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae, 1845-78, and other works; m. 29 May 1818 Mary Vaughan, dau. of Most Rev. Richard Laurence DCL, Archbishop of Cashel; d. 3 Dec 1879. DNB.

COTTON, RICHARD WILLIAM, second son of Henry Cotton (qv); b. 23 Jun 1829; adm. 10 Feb 1842 (Benthall's); QS 1843; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1847, matr. 27 May 1847, Westminster Student to 1861; BA 1851; MA 1854; coxed Oxford Eight against Cambridge Dec 1849, 1852, and at Henley and Thames Regatta 1850; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 10 Nov 1849; of Kilbree, Cappoquin, co. Waterford; [m. 1875 Catherine Power ?]; d. 27 May 1919.

COURTENAY, REGINALD, second son of Hon. Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (qv); b. 27 Feb 1813; adm. 12 May 1824; KS 1826; at Tonbridge Sch 1827-30; St. Alban Hall, Oxford, matr. 8 Jul 1830; migrated to Magdalen Hall; BA 1835; MA 1838; BD and DD 1856; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Jun 1835, called to bar 22 Nov 1838; ordained 1841; Curate, Donnybrook, co. Dublin, and afterwards of St. Stephen’s, Dublin; Rector of Thornton Watlass, Yorks., 1842-52; Archdeacon of Middlesex, Jamaica, 1853-6; consecrated Bishop of Kingston, Jamaica, 24 Mar 1856; Coadjutor to Bishop of Jamaica 1856-72; Bishop of Jamaica 1872-9; Chaplain at L’Ermitage, France, 1881-6; author, The Future State, 1843; m. 23 Jul 1842 Georgiana, second dau. of Admiral Sir John Poo Beresford, Bart. KCB MP; d. 13 Apr 1906.

COWELLE, ---; b.; adm.; KS; left 1549 (Acts of Chapter).

COX, SAMUEL COMPTON, only son of Samuel Cox (qv); bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 5 Jan 1758 (IGI); adm. 16 Oct 1765; KS (aged 13) 1769; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1774, scholar 5 May 1775, matr. Mich. 1774; BA and 11th Wrangler 1778; members’ (second) prize for Middle Bachelors 1779; MA 1781; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1779, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1781; adm. Inner Temple 15 May 1775, Lincoln’s Inn 20 Jan 1781, called to bar 15 Jun 1781; a Commissioner of Bankrupts 1787-98 (occurs in annual lists 1788-98); Second Justice of Carmarthen 1 Aug 1798-1804; a Master in Chancery 18 Jul 1804 - Mar 1831; Lieut. -Col., Bloomsbury Inns of Court Associated Volunteers 9 Apr 1803; Treasurer, Foundling Hospital, from 1806; left Lincoln’s Inn 6 Nov 1806; FSA (by 1831); edited the fifth edition of Peere Williams’s Reports in Chancery, 1787; m. 23 Jun 1787 Anna, youngest dau. of Percival Pott FRCS, Princes Street, Hanover Square, London, Surgeon to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; d. 25 Mar 1839.

COXE, HOLLED WALLACE HENRY, only son of Rev. Holled Coxe, Bangalore, India, Chaplain EICS Madras, and Mary Anne, dau. of Ven. Josiah Thomas, Archdeacon of Bath; nephew of Philip Smith Coxe (qv); b. 16 Oct 1820; adm. 13 Jan 1834 (Scott's); KS 1835; left 1839; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 May 1839; appointed a clerk in Board of Control 1841, but became Cadet, EICS Bengal 1841; Ensign, 70th Bengal NI 21 Jun 1841; Lieut. 8 Apr 1850; Assist. Commissioner, Punjab 28 Feb 1856; Capt., 21 Jun 1856; Deputy Commissioner, Peshawar 6 Apr 1859; Maj. 21 Jun 1861; Lieut. -Col., 21 Jun 1867; Col. 21 Jun 1872; ret. 31 Dec 1874; Maj. -Gen., 23 Jan 1875; served in Gwalior campaign 1843 and in expedition against Mahsood Waziris 1860; m. 8 May 1855 Mary Louisa, eldest dau. of Rev. William Sibthorpe Cole, Rector of Ryther, Yorks.; d. 24 Jan 1898.

CRANE, ROBERT, brother of William Crane (elected Trin. Coll. Camb. 1627, qv); b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1632, adm. scholar 1633; BA 1635/6; MA 1639; LLD 1660; Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 1637, Tutor 1639; ejected from his fellowship by the Parliamentary Visitors 1645, but restored 1660; Junior Bursar 1660-3, Senior Fellow 1665, Senior Bursar 1668-71; d. 16 Feb 1672, aged 60.

CRANE, THOMAS, of London; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford (aged 17) 1576, Westminster Student 18 Jun 1577 - 1587/8; BA 26 Jan 1579/80; MA 6 Feb 1582/3 (incorp. Cambridge 1584); ordained; Rector of South Cadbury, Somerset, from 2 Dec 1587; m.; buried South Cadbury 2 Jun 1608.

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 Robert Creighton (elected to Camb. 1655, qv); b.; adm. Apr 1686; in a letter dated 14 Apr 1686 his father, while commending his son to Busby’s care, writes “the school I send him to will make him happy, or nothing will”; KS (aged 13) 1687; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1692, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1692, scholar 28 Apr 1693, matr. 1693; 9th in “ordo” 1695/6; BA 1695/6; MA 1699; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1698, Major Fellow 28 Apr 1699 -c. 1702; ordained priest (Winchester) 20 Sep 1702; Vicar of Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset, 17 Mar 1703-25; Master of the Grammar School and Keeper of the Cathedral Library, Wells, 2 Apr 1712; Prebendary of Wells from 26 Apr 1718; Vicar of Odcombe, Somerset, from 15 Mar 1725; Vicar of Burnham, Somerset, from 18 Dec 1727; Vicar of Yatton, Somerset, from 9 Jun 1729; buried Wells Cathedral 22 Dec 1732.