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Adm. sizar at QUEENS', Nov.5, 1782. Of [Batley Carr, near Dewsbury], Yorks. [B. at Batley Carr.] ' Matric. Michs. 1784; exhibitioner, 1784; B.A. (3rd Wrangler) 1787; M.A. 1790; B.D. 1799; D.D. 1829. Fellow, 1789. Senior Proctor, 1797-8. Ord. deacon (London, Litt. dim. from York) Dec. 23, 1787; priest (Peterb.) July, 1789. V. of Penistone, Yorks., 1809-43. R. of Crofton, 1837-43. Resided at Wakefield for nearly 50 years. Head Master of Wakefield Grammar School, 1814-37. Suspected, in 1793, of being a member of a small Jacobin party in the University. A man of coarse and rough manners, known as ‘the honest Yorkshireman,’ whom Gunning frequently met at Queens' Lodge; ‘the only person in the University who was in the habit of using violent bad language when talking on political subjects.’ For more than 30 years editor of the Wakefield Journal. Author, Discourses on the Evidences of Christianity. Died Nov. 21, 1843, aged 80. M.I. and window in Wakefield Cathedral. (Foster, Index Eccles.; Northants. Clergy; Gunning, Reminiscences, I. 310; M. H. Peacock, Hist. of Wakefield Grammar School, 146-7; G. Mag., 1843, I. 104.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1787 | Ordi(ordination) | Naylor, Martin Joseph | / | deacon | View |
| 1787 | Ordi(letters dimissory) | Naylor, Martin Joseph | / | deacon | View |
| 1787 | Appt(Licensing) | Naylor, Martin Joseph | Mirfield / | Curate | View |
| 1789 | Ordi(ordination) | Naylor, Martin Joseph | / | priest | View |
| 1795 | Appt(Licensing) | Naylor, Martin Joseph | Wakefield / | Lecturer | View |
| 1814 | Appt(Licensing) | Naylor, Martin Joseph | Wakefield Free Grammar / | Schoolmaster | View |
| 1829 | Appt(Licensing) | Naylor, Martin Joseph | Pauper Lunatic Assylum, Wakefield / | Chaplain | View |