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&#42;&#8270;* A British officer, named Collyer, was killed at the battle of the Boyne in 1690. From him descended the late rector of Gislingham in Suffolk, of which parish his son, Rev. Thomas Collyer, is the present rector, admitted in 1851. He believes himself to be descended from Protestant refugees, and acknowledges Colonel Collyer as the head of his family.  

Stephen Crespion, born in 1649, was the son of Germain Crespion, of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, gentleman, by Cornelia, eldest daughter of Stephen and Cornelia Nau. He was sent to Westminster School in the year 1663, and was elected Captain of the school. He was elected to Oxford University in 1666, where he matriculated on 13th July 1666 as an undergraduate of Christ Church. He recited a lyrical poem at the opening of the new Theatre, or Great Hall, of the University in 1668; he took his degree of B.A. on 17th May 1670, and proceeded to M.A. 22d March 1673 (n.s.). His fine voice, and, probably, his musical accomplishments, marked him out for the King’s Chapel at Whitehall, “the most ancient choir in England, served on the same grand scale as the cathedrals.” This choir were 