The Christian name given to Laud Crisp would indicate Royalist, or at least Established Church, sympathies, since William Laud had been the Archbishop of Canterbury under the late lamented Charles I., and was much hated by the Puritans. He was beheaded for "treason" in early 1645.
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Phil • Link
Son of this Mrs. Crisp: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/534/
M.Stolzenbach • Link
The Christian name given to Laud Crisp would indicate Royalist, or at least Established Church, sympathies, since William Laud had been the Archbishop of Canterbury under the late lamented Charles I., and was much hated by the Puritans. He was beheaded for "treason" in early 1645.
http://www.skyhook.co.uk/civwar/biog/laud.htm
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Bill • Link
Some of the references to "Loud" http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/1671/ may be to Laud Crisp according to Wheatley (1896)