William Crawley (priest) explained
William Crawley (20 April 1803 in Rotherfield – 12 January 1896 in Bryngwyn) was a long serving 19th-century Welsh[1] Anglican priest,[2] most notably Archdeacon of Monmouth[3] for over forty years.[4]
Crawley was educated at Shrewsbury and Magdalene College, Cambridge.[5] He was a Fellow of Magdalen from 1824 to 1834. Crawley was ordained deacon in 1825 and priest in 1826. He held livings at Llanvihangel (1831–1858)[6] and Bryngwyn (1834–1896).[7] He was Archdeacon of Monmouth from 1844 to 1885.[8]
His eldest son Richard was a noted classical scholar, while his youngest son William was a cricketer and clergyman.
References
- https://archives.library.wales/index.php/letter-from-archdeacon-william-crawley-bryngwyn-to-w-illiam-ddams-williams National Library of Wales
- https://www.villagealivetrust.org.uk/what-to-see/churches/st-mary Villages Alive Trust
- "A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Monmouth, at the Vernal Visitation, in April, 1847" Church of England. Archdeaconry of Monmouth. Archdeacon Crawley: Monmouth Farror, T, 1849
- 'ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE' The Morning Post (London, England) Tuesday, 21 January 1896 Issue 38570 p3
- [Alumni Cantabrigienses]
- [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
- https://family-tree.cobboldfht.com/people/view/2906 Cobbold Family History Trust
- https://forebears.io/wales/monmouthshire/bryngwyn forebears/monmouthshire/bryngwyn