Caroline Crawley

Notes:

Caroline sold the lease of 11 Bedford Square in 1849 and resided at Aldenham House 1846-50. In 1843-6 she built at Clifton Hampden, where her brother in law Joseph Gibbs was Perpetual Curate, a new parsonage to take the place of the old one which Anne Noyes gave in 1832. By a re-exchange in 1905 the former is now the Manor House and the latter has since been demolised.

She also completely restored the church of St. Michael of All Angels there, mainly with money set aside by her husband when he inherited the property, but with contributions added by herself, and her son Henry. G Gilbert Scott was her architect in both cases. The Living was augmented under her Will. See article on Clifton Hampden in the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs pp. 447-50. For her 'Royal Descent' see entry for her father, Rev. Charles Crawley.

For note of portraits of her see the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs p. 435, to which add that a copy was in possession of Lord Cullen (in 1932) of Sir William Ross's miniature, done by Ross's daughter under her father's supervision. Caroline was buried at Clifton Hampden. Monumental Inscription in church and church yard there and in Aldenham church. Her Will was printed on 16 July 1950 at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Doctors Commons, London.

Died:
Belmont

Caroline married George Henry Gibbs on 7 Jul 1817 in Stowe-nine-Churches, Upper Stowe, Northamptonshire. George (son of Antony Gibbs and Dorothea Barnetta Hucks) was born on 24 Aug 1785 in Exeter, Devon; died on 21 Aug 1842 in Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy; was buried on 27 Dec 1842 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anne Gibbs was born on 27 May 1818 in 2 Powis Place, Holborn, London; died on 10 May 1820 in Redland, Bristol.
2. Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham was born on 31 Aug 1819 in Powis Place, St. George the Martyr, London, England; died on 13 Sep 1907 in Aldenham House, Aldenham, Hertfordshire.
3. Antony Gibbs was born in Jul 1821 in Powis Place, London ; died on 14 Nov 1821 in Powis Place, London ; was buried in St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn, London.
4. Antony Gibbs, of Merry Hill was born on 20 Nov 1822 in Powis Place, London ; died on 1 Dec 1856 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; was buried on 8 Dec 1856 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
5. Charles Crawley Gibbs was born in Jun 1824 in Almondsbury, Gloucestershire; died on 18 Nov 1824 in Almondsbury, Gloucestershire; was buried on 27 Nov 1824 in Almondsbury, Gloucestershire.
6. George Gibbs was born on 11 Feb 1827 in 11 Bedford Square, Bloomsbury, London; died on 3 Jun 1846 in Oxford, Oxfordshire; was buried on 9 Jun 1846 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
7. Caroline Gibbs was born on 10 Jun 1828 in London; died on 11 Jan 1859 in Wraxall, Somerset; was buried on 19 Jan 1859 in Wraxall, Somerset.
8. Charles Gibbs, Lieut.-Colonel was born on 28 Jun 1829 in 11 Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London; died on 18 Mar 1890 in 14 Norfolk Square, Paddington, London; was buried on 21 Mar 1829 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
9. William Lloyd Gibbs was born on 6 Dec 1830 in 11 Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London; died on 27 Aug 1860 in Belmont, Wraxall, Somerset; was buried on 1 Sep 1860 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
10. Rev. John Lomax Gibbs was born on 28 Mar 1832 in 11 Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London; died on 12 Jan 1914 in Speen, Berkshire.
11. Mary Dorothea Gibbs was born on 4 May 1833 in Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London; died on 11 Mar 1906 in Exeter House, Roehampton, London; was buried on 15 Mar 1906 in Cemetery, Putney Vale, Surrey.
12. Francis Gibbs was born on 9 Aug 1834 in Belmont, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 6 Jan 1857 in St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex; was buried on 13 Jan 1857 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
13. Joseph Gibbs was born on 23 Feb 1837 in 11 Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London; died on 1 Apr 1838 in 11 Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London.
14. Robert Crawley Gibbs was born on 4 Jan 1839 in 11 Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London; died on 31 Jul 1856 in Belmont, Wraxall, Somerset; was buried on 6 Aug 1856 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Stowe Nine Churches; Rector of Stowe Nine Churches
• Occupation: Broadway, Worcestershire; Vicar of Broadway, Worcestershire

Notes:

His mother Susanna was sister of Rev. John Lloyd, D.D. (d. 1788), rector and patron of Stowe-nine-churches, Northants. His elder brother was Sir Thomas Brawley-Boevey of Flaxley Abbey (successor as 2nd bart. to the baronetcy of Sir Charles Barrow of Highgrove, Gloucestershire, and grandfather of Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey, the wife of William Gibbs of Tyntesfield. Their sisters were Catherine (1753-1842), the wife of Rev. Duke Yonge (1750-1823), vicar of Cornwood, Devon, who has descendants; and Susanna (b. 1748, died childless 1880), who married (1) Edmund Bastard, (2) Sir Thomas Hyde Page, whose daughter by a second marriage, Mary Albinia, was mother of Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey above mentioned.

Charles Crawley and Mary (Gibbs), their children and numerous members of the Crawley and Crawley-Boevey families and of families connnected with them enter into 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs or are mentioned in it. There are also there pedigrees (pp 445-6) and references (e.g. pp. 35n and 445-6) to other books, pedigrees, etc., the most ont he Boevey family and their connections entitled 'The Perverse Widow', Ruvigny's 'Plantaganet Roll (Clarence, Vol. 1905) and Burke's Peerage. In 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J. A. Gibbs, pp. 439-43, and in the Additions of 1922 and 1927, there is also a list of portraits of members (born before 1820) of the Crawley and connected families.

Charles Crawley was curate, first of Broad Clyst nr. Clyst St. George, next till 1789 - of Whitestone, nr. Exwick. In 1789, inheriting from his uncle Dr. Lloyd aforesaid the living of Stowe-nine-churches, he moved there from Devon, and lived there for the rest of his life. From 1784 for at least 50 years he was also vicar of Broadway, co. Worcester, but never resided there. He bought Pytte in Clyst St. George (1790) when his father-in-law was compelled to give it up but sold it out of the family in 1796 or 7.

For his and Sir Thomas's and their sisters' descent from King Edward III, see Ruvigny's 'Clarence' Vol. above mentioned, Burke's 'Royal Descents' (1858) and Ellacombe's Clyst St. George (1862).

The children of Charles Crawley and Mary (Gibbs) were:
(a) Charles (1st son), born at Whitestone, Devon, 25 September, 1788; educated at Rugby School (entered 1797); matric Oxford (Univ. College) 26 June 1807; 2nd Cl. Classics School and B.A. 1811; married 14 May 1825 Eliza Catherine, daughter of Abraham Grimes (for which family see the book Antony & Dorothea Gibbs by J.A. Gibbs, p. 377 n6); died 30 September 1871 at his house (now called Lawn Upton and (1931) in the ownership of Lord Wraxall of Chart XVIII) in Littlemore, Oxon, and was buried at Littlemore. He was in Antony Gibbs & Sons 1814-46, and a partner 1820-38 (in Spain for them 1818-19, in Chile and Peru for them 1828-33). A director of the London Assurance Corporation, 1842-65. A member of the Club 'Nobody's Friends' 1813-71. Alternate patron with Oriel College, Oxford, of the living of Littlemore, to the church of which (built in 1835 by his friend, Rev. John H. Newman-Cardinal later) he gave the chancel. For note of portraits of him and his wife, see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs p.441. The eldest child of his only child, Charles Edward, was William Scott Crawley of Charlbury, Oxon. (b. 1858).
(b) George Abraham Crawley (2nd son), born at Stowe aforesaid 26 September 1795; educated at Rugby School (entered 1808); married 29 September 1826 Caroline, daughter of David Powell (for whose family see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs p. 377, n6); died at Ambleside 24th and was buried 31 July 1862 in Highgate Cemetry. He was articled in 1812 to Jones & Green, solicitors in London, admitted solicitor 1817, afterwards partner in Pemberton Crawley & Gardener, London, later Crawley Arnold & Co. Marshal to Chief Justice Sir Vicary Gibbs 1815. Many years legal adviser to teh National Society and Treasurer to the Additional Curates Fund. Member 1819-62, Secretary 1833-62, of 'Nobody's Friends'. A spcial memoir of him by G.E.Cokayne is in the book, 'Nobody's Friends' (privileged printed 1885). His home from 1839 onwards was Fitzroy Farm, Highgate, which he built. By his two married sons and four married daughters he has numerous descendants, and one of his grandsons, Canon A. Stafford Crawley, married Anstice Katharine, grand-daughter of William and Matilda Blanche Gibbs, above mentioned.
(c) Anne Crawley (1st daughter), born 4 August 1785 at Whitestone; married 21 April 1806, her 1st cousin, Rev. John Lloyed Crawley (Boevey), born 1775, died 1850, record of Heyford, Northants, 2nd son of Sir T. Crawley-Boevey; died 2 January 1865 and was buried at Heyford. She had eight sons and three daughters and numerous descendants of hers are still living.
(d) Mary Crawley (2nd daughter), born at Whitestone 25 October 1786; died at Rugby unmarried on 16 April 1865, and was buried at Stowe aforesaid.
(e) Susanna Crawley (3rd daughter), born at Exeter 28 April 1790; died at Rugby unmarried on 14 April 1865, and was buried at Stowe.
(f) Elizabeth (4th daughter), born at Stowe 29 July 1791; died 3 January 1884; married 24 September 1811 Rev. George William Daubeny (1784-1860), for whose family see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs, pp. 254 and n, and 446, and Burke's 'Landed Gentry' under Daubeny of Cote. She had six sons and three daughters, and numerous descendants of hers are living.
(g) Isabella (5th daughter), born at Bristol 23 October 1792; died young.
(h) Caroline (6th daughter), 1794-1850, married her 1st cousin, George Henry Gibbs, brother of William Gibbs, mentioned at the beginning of this note.
(i) Charlotte (7th daughter), born at Stowe 25 February 1799; married 7 October 1822 her 1st cousin, Rev. William Crawley (1790-1856) (5th son of Sir T. Crawley-Boevey, 2nd baronet), perpetual curate of Flaxley; died 14 December 1878. She had one son and three daughters and numerous descendants of hers are living.

Charles married Mary Gibbs on 12 Apr 1784 in Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon. Mary (daughter of George Abraham Gibbs, of Pytte and Anne Vicary, of Dunkeswell) was born on 2 Jan 1759 in Exeter, Devon; died on 31 Oct 1819 in Stowe-nine-Churches, Northamptonshire; was buried on 8 Nov 1819 in Stowe, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

For a note of portraits see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J. A. Gibbs, p. 441 and Additions to it of 1922.

Notes:

The family name was originally Crawley but his grandfather took the name of Crawley-Boevey under the terms of the will of William Boevey of Flaxley Abbey in 1692. Only the male descendants of the eldest some seem to have used the additional surname.
Thomas inherited Flaxley estate in 1726

Thomas married Susanna Lloyd on 14 May 1743 in St. Barthelemy The Less, London. Susanna (daughter of John Lloyd, Jr. and Susanna White) was born on 6 Oct 1712 in London; died on 5 Mar 1762 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire; was buried on 5 Mar 1762 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Surgeon

Notes:

George Abraham Gibbs of Pytte succeeded in 1744 to Pytte and other property in Clyst St. George as heir at law (after his father) to his great uncle George Gibbs, by arranging for the ending of a tenancy to the family of Rev. F. Pease, rector of the parish, created under dispositions made by the said George. In 1749 that family also transferred to him 15 acres in Clyst St. Mary (part of the "Manor of Ashmore") which were subject to the charitable charges which the same George had imposed on them. He bought Court Place in Clyst St. George, made 100 acres in that parish.
He was a Presbyterian in the early part of his life. In October 1745 he was enrolled in an Association of Exeter men in support of the King against the Young Pretender. He was one of the surgeons (eventually chief surgeon) of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter from 1747 to 1781, and thereafter on its standing committee. His residence in Exeter during his married life was in Palace Yard, Cathedral Close.
Becoming bankrupt in 1789 through the failure of business in which he was engaged with his son Antony, he lost all his property in Clyst St. George and Clyst St. Mary, including Pytte, which was bought in 1790 by his son-in-law, Rev. Charles Crawley. He used the arms of Gibbs of Fenton like his great uncle George and his cousins of Exeter.

Buried:
Register of Clyst St George, Devon, 1565-1812, Vol 25

George married Anne Vicary, of Dunkeswell on 22 Dec 1747 in St Petrock's, Exeter, Devon. Anne (daughter of Anthony Vicary, Esq. and Elizabeth Munckley) was born on 4 Nov 1722 in Exeter, Devon; died on 11 Aug 1803 in Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Nov 1722, Exeter, Devon

Notes:

Believed to belong to the family of Vicary of Dunkeswell, Devon, but proof lacks other than that papers exist sealed by her husband, and by her sister's husband, Hugh Mallett, with their own arms impaling the Vicary arms, or (after the death of the last of her brothers) bearing them on an escuthcheon of pretence (see G.A.Gibbs's will and a letter of 1793 in Aldenham Genealogical Cols, Vol. A, p.223 and Vol. C,1 p.383; also Gibbs Ped. 1904 edn p.xvii and its Preface of 1903). Her husband's house in Palace Yard, Exeter, continued to be her home till her death. Her first cousin Samuel Munckley was the founder of the Bristol house of business which later became Gibbs Bright & Co.

Birth:
Mint Chapel

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 May 1680, St Dunstan's in the East, London

Notes:

Succeeded Catherine Boevey on her death at Flaxley Abbey, 21 January 1726, in accordance with the will of William Boevey, proved 22 October 1692, by which he was required to take the name Boevey, and to "write himself" Crawley alias Boevey.


Though it looks like a mistake, in two consecutive generations, a Thomas Crawley-Boevey married a Susannah Lloyd

This THOMAS, eldest surviving son of THOMAS CRAWLEY was baptized 3 May, 1680, at St. Dunstan's in the East. He succeeded Mrs. Catherine Boevey (Bovey) on her death at Flaxley Abbey, 21 January, 1726, in accordance with the will of William Boevey, proved 22 October, 1692, by which he was required to take the name Boevey, and to "write himself" Crawley alias Boevey. He was buried at Flaxley 7 February, 1741. -- from the Perverse Widow


THE ORIGINS OF THE FAMILY OF CRAWLEY-BOEVEY

Thomas Crawley was a merchant in London. He assumed the surname of Boevey, as a requirement to inherit the estate of Flaxley Abbey, given to him by the will of William Boevey, Esq. He became known as Thomas Crawley-Boevey. Until the 1800s, the eldest son inherited the estate and adopted the Crawley-Boevey surname. Younger sons and daughters used only the name Crawley.

He married Susanna Lloyd. His oldest son Thomas also married a Susanna Lloyd. So there are two generations of Thomas Crawley-Boevey and Susannah Lloyd.

Pedigree of Crawley-Boevey by A.C. Crawley-Boevey shows his birthdate as 1680.

Excerpt from "A Bedfordshire Family" by William Austin:

Thomas, eldest eldest surviving son of Thomas Crawley, was baptized 3rd May 1680, at St Dunstan's in the East. He married by licence (Vicar-General), on the 2nd February 1702, at Great St Bartholomew's, London, Susanna, daughter of John Lloyd and Susanna Hollier.

We have mentioned that· his father, Thomas Crawley was the friend of William Boevey, Esq., of Flaxley Abbey, and that two of his children, namely, David and John, were beneficiaries of William Boevey and his sister, Mrs Cornelia Bateman.

This Thomas Crawley lived to be a recipient of still greater favours from the family. The Boevey family came from Courtral in Flanders in 1573, and settled in St Dunstan's in the East. They acquired considerable wealth, and the above-named William Boevey purchased the estate of Flaxley Abbey, in the county of Gloucester, and married Catherine, daughter of John Riches.

Catherine Boevey was a famous beauty, but was still more famous for her great benevolence and numerous benefactions. She also became interesting to later generations as the subject of Sir Richard Steele's essays, wherein he alludes to the relations between the more or less fictitious character, Sir Roger de Coverley, and the "Perverse Widow" (see 'Mr CrawleyBoevey's The Perverse Widow for an account of this lady), the widow being, it is said, Calherine Boevey, the widow of William Boevey.

Mr Boevey died at the early age of thirty-five, leaving his estate and much wealth to his beautiful widow, who survived him till the 21st January 1726. Thomas Crawley was William Boevey's executor, and by the terms of Mr Boevey's will he succeeded to the estate of Flaxley Abbey upon the condition that he took the name of Boevey.

By the will of Mrs Boevey he also received a pecuniary legacy of £500, her coach-horses, etc., and books which she gave to "my kind friend Thomas Crawley-Boevey."

Thomas Crawley-Boevey was buried at Flaxley on 7th February 1741. His will was proved in the P.c.~. in February 1742 (46 Trenley). His wife predeceased him on the 17th July 1739. They had issue:-

I. William Boevey Crawley, born 27th October 1702; died 12th November.
2. Catharina, born 12th October 1704; died unmarried.
3. Susanna, born 7th September 1705; buried 10th November 1752, in the church vault of St James', Duke Place, Aldgate.
Married, 14th May 1745,Rev. John Lloyd, Rector of St James', Duke Place, Aldgate, her first cousin. She had no issue.
4. Mary, born 23rd September 1706.
5. Thomas Crawley alias Boevey, of whom next section.
6. John Crawley, born 7th November 171o; attorney-at-law; died unmarried.
7. William Crawley, born 12th October 1711; died 28th November 1780, at Gravesend, and was buried at Flaxley,
of which parish he was Perpetual Curate from 1741 to 1780.
8. Robert Crawley, born 20th September 1712; died unmarried in the East Indies.
9. Cornelia, born 14th January 17I4; married James Heywood, Esq., of London, merchant.
10. Lucy, twin with James, born 12th May 1716; married 23rd February 1745, at Flaxley, Robert Longden, Esq., of Doctors' Commons, and left issue.
11. James, twin with Lucy, born 12th May1716.
12. Aurelia, buried at Flaxley, 2nd July 1741.
13. Joanna, buried at Flaxley, 22nd February 1730-1.

Thomas married Susanna Lloyd on 2 Feb 1702. Susanna (daughter of John Lloyd and Susanna Holliar) was born in 1675 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire; died in 1739 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire; was buried on 8 Jul 1739 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Susanna White on 17 Dec 1709 in St. Clements Eastcheap, London. Susanna was born on 8 Aug 1684 in London; died on 28 Feb 1762 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire; was buried on 5 Mar 1762 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Gentleman and Heir at law to Pytte
• Birth: Feb 1687
• Baptism: 8 Mar 1687, Clyst St George, Devon

Notes:

Heir at law to Pytte, but did not succeed to it. His baptism in the Parish Register of Clyste St. George is the first entry in which the surname is clearly spelt Gibbs. For a conjectural portrait of him bought in 1912 see the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J. A. Gibbs. His will, proved by his widow, mentions sons George Abraham, John and daughter Anna.

Abraham married Mary Moncke on 7 Mar 1710 in Topsham, Devon. Mary (daughter of Nehemiah Moncke and Mary Baker) was born on 31 Dec 1686 in Clyst St George, Devon; died on 14 Aug 1722; was buried on 14 Aug 1722. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mary Monk
• Name: Mary Monke
• Baptism: 31 Dec 1686, Topsham, Devon
• Christening: 31 Dec 1686, Topsham, Devon

Notes:

Second daughter of Nehemiah Moncke of Topsham. Her mother, Mary Baker, was baptised 10 March 1655-6 at Clyst St. George and married there 11 December 1681. For a belief that Mary Monke descended from the family of Monke of Potheridge, Devon (that of General Monk, 1st Duke of Albemarle) see Gibbs Pedigree 1904, p. xvii and Additions of 1927 to the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs. Lord Aldenham had in 1932 a portrait, bought in 1912, believed to be of her.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 20 Aug 1717, Exeter, Devon
• Residence: 23 Mar 1730, Exeter, Devon

Anthony married Elizabeth Munckley on 9 Nov 1713 in St. John, Exeter, Devon. Elizabeth (daughter of Nicholas Munckley and Elizabeth Bowden) was born on 31 May 1691 in Exeter, Devon; was christened on 14 Jun 1691 in Exeter, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]