Venn: Adm. fell.-commoner QUEENS' 25 Jan. 1806; from WORCESTER COLLEGE Oxford where adm. 1804 aged 19; kept 5 terms there; eldest son of Samuel of Bristol; matric. Queens' Lent 1806; BA 1810; of Clifton; married Mary Ann, dau of Nicholas Pocock. His son Alfred Downing became well-known as a figure painter; another son George Arthur (see DNB) as a landscape painter. Died 3 Mar. 1843 aged 57 at Bristol; see C.R. Hudleston; G. Mag. 1843, I, 545; Al Oxon. which mistakenly gives him as Tripp, but Fripp under his son's entry; Boas v, 363; addendum - he was in holy orders before 12 June 1816 when he unsuccessfully petitioned for living of Christ Church, Bristol.
Much other information in connection with the Fripp family - e.g. that he declined preferment in the Church of England, but was known as a Unitarian minister - records in the records of the Moravian church
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1809 | Subsc | Tripp, Samuel Charles | / | View | |
| 1809 | Subsc | Tripp, Samuel Charles | Bitton / | Curate | View |
| 1810 | Subsc | Tripp, Samuel Charles | / | View | |
| 1810 | Ordi(ordination) | Tripp, Samuel Charles | / | priest | View |
| 1814 | Appt(Licensing) | Tripp, Samuel Charles | Ovington / | Curate | View |