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Family and Education
bap. 26 June 1608, eld. s. of Sir William Craven (d.1618), and Elizabeth, da. of William Whitmore, Haberdasher of London. educ. Trinity Coll. Oxf. (matric. 1623), MA 1636; I. Temple 1624; MA (Camb.) 1627. unm. Kt 4 Mar. 1627. d. 9 Apr. 1697; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 208. will 4 July 1689 – 7 July 1691, pr. 10 Apr. 1697. TNA, PROB 11/437.
Offices Held

PC 1666–79, HMC Var. Coll. ii. 394. 1681–89; Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 70. commr, appeals for prizes 1672, Add. 70081, newsletter, 31 Aug. 1672. Tangier; Williamson Letters (Cam. Soc. n.s. viii), 149. cttee. trade and plantations 1675. Bodl. Carte 38, f. 282.

Custos. rot. Berks. 1660 – 89, Mdx. 1669 – 89, ld. lt. Mdx. 1670–89; Add. 36916, f. 161; Eg. 3328, f. 48; CSP Dom. Addenda 1660–70, p. 1. gov. of Shrewsbury 1660; Whitelocke Diary, 610. high steward Cambridge University 1667 – d., Newbury 1685, 1690; CSP Dom. 1685, p. 38; VCH Berks. iv. 144. elder Brethren of Trinity House Mar. 1670 – d., master 1670–1. W.R. Chaplin, Corp. of Trinity House, 12, 54.

Col. regt. of ft. 1662–4, CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 475; Childs, Army of Charles II, 233; BL, Verney ms mic. M636/18, Dr. W. Denton to Sir R. Verney, 16 Oct. 1662. Coldstream Gds. 1670–89, HMC Le Fleming, 67. lt.-gen. 1678–89. CSP Dom. 1678, p. 149.

Ld. Proprietor of Carolina; HMC Lords, n.s. vi. 406–7. council Royal Fishing of England 1661; Tudor and Stuart Proclamations, i. 400. gov. Charterhouse hosp. 1668. G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, 354.

Parlimentarian
CRAVEN, William (? 1608-97)
Associated with: Coombe Abbey, Warws.;VCH Warws. vi. 72, 74.; Hampstead Marshall, Berks.;VCH Berks. iv. 179.; Ashdown (Aston) Park, Berks.;VCH Berks. iv. 504; Add. 40860, f. 75.; Caversham Park, Berks.;VCH Berks. iii. 17; G. Tyack, Warws. Country Houses, 59.; Craven House (formerly Drury House), Westminster.C. Oman, Elizabeth of Bohemia, 445.;
Likenesses

oil on canvas, studio of Gerrit van Honthorst, 1647, NPG 4517; oil on canvas, by unknown artist, late 17th century, NPG 270.

Author
Eagles, Robin
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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