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    1. [[Hawks]] Re: [[Hawks]] CREWE
    2. Geoff Brightman
    3. > Hi, > > Not my own line, but looking at it for my neice. > > the Crewe family are fairly easy to research in Hawkesbury and Hillesley > but tradition has it that one Will Crewe was the last highwayman hung > in England. > > Any takers? > >-- > marilyn Don't know anything of Will above Marilyn but how's this :- CREW Robert 30 Aug 1851 23 Hawkesbury Labourer Q/Gc6/2 being the date said Robert was incarcerated at Gloucester Gaol aged 23 and the reference number being a big book at Gloucester Record Office which will give the details of the crime and sentence and if you are lucky a physical description. Geoffro PS Make Pond Dipping an Olympic Sport

    04/07/2000 01:07:00