Website: Clan Crawford Association History; citing: Barony of Crawford – Crawfor...

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Website: Clan Crawford Association History; citing: Barony of Crawford – Crawford of that Ilk: Galfridus Swaneson was possibly the first Baron of the Barony of Crawford located in Lanarkshire and recorded as bearing the surname, though his father, Swane Thorson may have been in possession before. In any case, Swane and Thor bore names in the old Scandinavian manner. Galfridus de Crauford is the first to use a name in the Norman style.

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