# Thomas Crouch

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**Thomas Crouch** (1607 – August 1679) was an English academic and politician who sat in the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_England) from 1660 to 1679.

Crouch was the son of Thomas Crouch of Letchworth, Hertfordshire and was baptised in St Bartholomew's Church Layston on 18 October 1607.[1] He was educated at [Eton College](/source/Eton_College) and was admitted as a scholar to [King's College, Cambridge](/source/King's_College,_Cambridge) on 26 June 1626. He was awarded BA in 1630 and MA in 1633. He was a Fellow of King's College from 1629 to 1650, when he was ejected. In 1643, he was proctor, and held the post again from 1649 to 1650. He migrated to [Trinity Hall, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_Hall,_Cambridge) where he resided as Fellow.[2]

In 1660, Crouch was elected [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in the [Convention Parliament](/source/Convention_Parliament_(1660)). he was re-elected in 1661 for the [Cavalier Parliament](/source/Cavalier_Parliament) and sat until 1679.[3]

Crouch died at the age of 71 and was buried on 30 August 1679 in [King's College Chapel](/source/King's_College_Chapel) where there is a monument.[2] This reads in Latin [4]

Aperiet Deus tumulos; et educet Nos de sepulchris. Qualis eram, dies isthaec cum Venerit, scies.

(God will open up the graves, and lead us from our sepulchres. What manner of man I was, you will know, when that day comes)

## References

1. [Layston Church](http://www.layston-church.org.uk/Story%20Thomas%20Crowch%20196.html)

1. [History of Parliament Online - Crouch, Thomas](http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/crouch-thomas-1607-79)

1. Phillips, Richard (1806). [*Monthly Magazine and British Register*](https://books.google.com/books?id=migAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA420). R. Phillips. p. 420.

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