William Crawley (priest)

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 son Richard[9] was a noted classical scholar.[10]

References

1. National Library of Wales
2. Villages Alive Trust
3. "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
4. 'ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE' The Morning Post (London, England) Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1896 Issue 38570 p3
5. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. ii. Chalmers – Fytche, (1944) p172
6. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1885 p284: London; Horace Cox; 1885
7. Cobbold Family History Trust
8. forebears/monmouthshire/bryngwyn
9. Dictionary of Welsh Biography
10.  "Crawley, Richard". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.