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Adm. pens. (age 16) at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 31, 1778. S. of John, surgeon. B. at Helston, Cornwall. School, Helston. ' Matric. Michs. 1778; Scholar, 1778; B.A. 1782; M.A. 1790. R. of Ruan Minor, Cornwall, 1796-1814. P.C. of St Andrew's, Cambridge, 1804-14. V. of St Hilary, Cornwall, 1810-14. An alderman of Helston. Married, Mar. 12, 1805, Grace Richards, of Helston. Author, Sketches in Verse; A few plain reasons for being a Christian; An enquiry into the necessity, nature and evidences of revealed religion; Reason for being a member of the Church of England, etc. Died Apr. 23, 1814, at Helston, buried there. (Boase, Biblio. Cornub., 579; St John's Coll. Adms., IV. 453; Foster, Index Eccles.; G. Mag., 1814, II. 86.)
Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
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1785 | Ordi(ordination) | Robinson, Thomas | / | deacon | View |
1785 | Appt(Licensing) | Robinson, Thomas | Helstone / | Lecturer | View |
1787 | Ordi(ordination) | Robinson, Thomas | / | priest | View |
1803 | Appt(Presentation) | Robinson, Thomas | St Andrews Cambridge / | donative | View |
1804 | Appt(Licensing) | Robinson, Thomas | Cambridge, St Andrew / | Perpetual Curate | View |