CROKER, TEMPLE HENRY, son of Henry Croker, Starsfield Court, co. Cork; b.; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1741; KS 1743; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1746, adm. pens. 29 May 1746, but did not matr.; went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 Nov 1746; BA 1750; MA 1760; ordained deacon (Chichester) 28 Dec 1751, priest (Winchester) Dec 1753; Curate, Crondall, Hants., 1753; held curacies in Sussex 1751-68; Chaplain to William, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, 8 Feb 1755; Reader of Temple Church Mich. 1759 - dismissal Jun 1763, having gone abroad Sep 1761; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1761, serving on HMS Edgar in Sep 1763; Rector of Ightham, Kent, 28 Jul 1769-73; bankrupt 1773; emigrated to West Indies; Rector of St. John’s, Capisterre, St. Kitts; author of a translation of Orlando Furioso, 1755, and of other works; m. 1st, 15 Mar 1753 Anne McNally, St. James’s, Westminster; lic. to m. 2nd, 6 Mar 1758, Anne Whitehead, Petworth, Sussex [but GM records his marriage in 1763 (sic) to “Miss Whitehead, of Bramshot”, and IGI gives date of marriage as 23 Sep 1763]; d. in St. Kitts 1790 (?). DNB.

CROFT, ROBERT, brother of Sir James Croft (qv); b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 16) 1629 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS lxix, 224); a Col. in the Royalist army; of Yarpole, Herefs. ; m. ; buried 5 May 1683.

CROFT, SIR JAMES, son of Sir Herbert Croft MP, Croft Castle, Herefs., and Mary, dau. of Anthony Bourne, Holt Castle, Worcs.; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1617, matr. 8 Jun 1621, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1626; BA 1621; adm. Gray’s Inn 1625; a Col. in Royalist army; knighted at Oxford 18 Dec 1644; suffered much for his loyalty; buried St. Clement’s, London, 9 Aug 1659.

CROCHLEY, RICHARD JOHN, brother of George Crochley (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) May 1733; KS 1737; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1742, matr. 19 Jun 1742, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1742 - void 30 Jun 1750; said to have been an Usher at the School; ordained deacon 25 May 1746, priest 14 Jun 1747 (both Oxford); Master, Doncaster Free Grammar School, from 27 Aug 1747; Vicar of Cantley, Yorks., from 3 Oct 1758; m.; buried at Cantley 20 May 1776.

CROCHLEY, GEORGE, son of George Crochley, Bloomsbury, London; b.; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1720; Min. Can. 1724; KS 1725; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1729, matr. 12 Jun 1729, Westminster Student from 23 Dec 1729; BA 1733; drowned at Sandford Lasher, near Oxford, 25 Apr 1735.

CREW, SAMUEL, son of Samuel Crew, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1736 (in school list 1736 as “John Crew”); KS 1738; Capt. of the School 1742; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1743, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1743, scholar 20 Apr 1744; BA 1746/7; MA 1750; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1749, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1750; ordained deacon (Norwich, litt. dim. from St. Davids) 1747, priest (Ely) 4 Jun 1750; reprimanded by Vice-Chancellor for interfering with the Senior Proctor in the exercise of his duties on the occasion of the Westminster Club dinner, presided over by Thomas Francklin (qv), 17 Nov 1750; Vicar, Great St. Mary’s, Cambridge 1760; d. 13 Nov 1760.

CRESWELL, ROBERT; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1631, adm. scholar 1631, matr. Easter 1632; 3rd in “ordo” 1635/6; BA 1635/6; MA 1639 (incorp. Oxford 12 Jul 1653); Fellow of Trin. Coll. 1637-44, ejected; Usher at Aldenham School, Herts., Head Master 1646-9; took the Engagement 12 Oct 1650; Vicar of Ruislip, Middlesex 1650 [no longer 1661]; admon. PCC 1659. .

CRESPION, STEPHEN, son of Germain Crespion, St. Giles in the Fields, London, and Cornelia, eldest dau. of Stephen Nash; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1663; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1666, matr. 13 Jul 1666, aged 17, Westminster Student 17 Jan 1667-73, void; BA 1670; MA 22 Mar 1672/3; when still an undergraduate sang before Cosimo de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, on his visit to Oxford in May 1669 (Wood, Life and Times, ii, 158); a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal 13 May 1673; ordained; Confessor to the Royal Household 1 Nov 1675 (still 1691); Sacrist and Chaunter, Westminster Abbey, from 25 Jul 1683; Prebendary of Bristol from 3 Aug 1683; m. 1st, by 1674 Margaret ---; m. 2nd, by 1693 Mary Orris; d. 25 Nov 1711. Buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

CREMER, THOMAS, son of Robert Cremer, Norfolk; b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1650; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1653, adm. pens. 6 Jul 1653, scholar 1654, matr. Easter 1656; BA 1657/8; MA 1661; Fellow of Trin. Coll. 1659 - c. 1664; ordained; Vicar of Barrington, Cambs., 1661; Rector of Grimston, Norfolk, from 9 Feb 1663/4; m.; d. 1691.

CREMER, HENRY, son of Acton Cremer (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1693; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1698, matr. 4 Jul 1698, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1698 - void 1720, expiry year of grace from 30 Jul 1719; BA 1702; MA 22 Mar 1704/5; ordained; Perpetual Curate of Bensington, Oxfordshire 25 Mar 1714-20; Prebendary of St. David’s from 11 Dec 1716; Vicar of Llandilofawr [check], Carmarthenshire, from 1719; d. 12 Apr 1723.