Comment| Baptized in Horton on 29 March 1706, son of Rev James Harris, rector, and his wife Mary. Baptism certificate signed by Edward Draper, rector of Horton
Letters Testimonial dated 06/03/1730, signed by the following, the Warden and Fellows of New College:
Johannes Coxed, Warden
Henricus Bowles, vice-warden
Gulielmus Bouchier, MD
Gulielmus Bowler, bursar
Johannes Townsend, Dean of Arts
Ricardus Brett, MA
Johannes Coker, LLB
Georgius Cooper MD
Carolus Holford, bursar
Gulielmus Baconnean MA
Johannes Jope, MA
Johannes Cary, MA
E Roll, MA
Letters Testimonial, undated, signed by the folloing clergy from the parishes near Horton:
Richard Codrington, rector of Dodington
William Hughes, vicar of Old Sodbury
Thomas Lodge, rector of Little Sodbury
Appointment as curate of Horton by Rev Edward Draper, the rector, with a salary of £20 p.a. plus surplus fees and Easter offerings. This letter to the Bishop includes some background information aboout William Harris and his family circumstances and references to the school in the parish with 15 boarders and a dispute over the tithes with "Mr Paston, the papist"
William Harris is described as a Fellow of New College |