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====Biographical Note====
 
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Hew Craufurd (or [[name::Hugh]] [[name::Crawford]]) was the eldest son of [[family::James Crawford]] of Jordanhill, Renfrewshire. Admitted as Writer to the Signet 1716.  
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Hew Craufurd (or [[name::Hugh]] [[name::Crawford]]) was the eldest son of [[family::James Crawford]] of Jordanhill, Renfrewshire. Admitted as [[occupation::Writer to the Signet]] 1716.  
  
 
====Books====
 
====Books====
Used an engraved bookplate:
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Used engraved bookplates:
  
Franks 7261 Craufurd, Mr. Hew, Writter to the Signet. (A. Burden)  
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Franks 7261 Craufurd, Mr. Hew, Writer to the Signet. (A. Burden)  
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Franks 7293 Crawfurd, Mr. Hew, Clerk of the Signet
  
 
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Hew CRAUFURD of Jordanhill 1690-1756

Biographical Note

Hew Craufurd (or Hugh Crawford) was the eldest son of James Crawford of Jordanhill, Renfrewshire. Admitted as Writer to the Signet 1716.

Books

Used engraved bookplates:

Franks 7261 Craufurd, Mr. Hew, Writer to the Signet. (A. Burden)

Franks 7293 Crawfurd, Mr. Hew, Clerk of the Signet

Sources

  • Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.
  • A history of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet, with a list of the members of the society from 1594 to 1890, 1936, p. 46.
  • John Finlay ‘The Lower Branch of the Legal Profession in Early Modern Scotland’, Edinburgh Law Review, 11 (1). pp. 31–61. p. 48.