Clark, Francis Foreman (1827-1834)

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Adm. sizar at QUEENS', May 30, 1822. Of Middlesex. ' Matric. Michs. 1822; B.A. 1827. Ord. deacon, 1827; priest, 1828. Rural Dean of Stoke-on-Trent, 1841. P.C. of Hartshill, Staffs., 1842-56. P.C. of Malpas, Cheshire, 1858-62. Author, Sermons. Died Aug. 26, 1862, aged 62, at the parsonage, Malpas. (G. Mag., 1862, II. 504.)

For the record of Clark's curacy at Coseley, we are grateful to Dorothy Turley, who emailed CCE from Coseley to the effect that "Our first priest was Francis Foreman Clark, who appears on the database. During my research I was puzzled that according to the Alumni Cantabrigiensis he was finally Vicar of Malpas in Cheshire and died there. According to the GRO death index his death was registered in Newport, Monmouthshire. I looked at a map of the Newport area and discovered a village called Malpas nearby. This must be where Francis Foreman Clark worked and died and not at the Malpas in Cheshire." [1/6/2005]. She subsequently supplied photocopies of the baptismal register for Coseley to confirm his presence there as curate. She also writes "Francis Foreman Clark was Curate in Charge of Christ Church from 1830 - 1833. On 24th August 1833 he married Sarah Russell at All Saints', Sedgley. I have copies of the 1841 and 1851 censuses when he was living at Hartshill near Stoke on Trent".

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