Described as fellow of Wadham in 1701.
Foster: Burscough, William, s. John, of Stoke, Surrey, cler. Brasenose Coll., matric 11 July 1692, aged 16; scholar of Wadham Coll. 1695, BA 1696, MA 2 Mar 1698-9, fellow 1699-1719, BD and DD 12 Mar 1715-16, rector of Stoke-next-Guildford 1712, chaplain to Lord Carteret when lord lieutenant of Ireland, dean of Lismore 1724-5, bishop of Limerick, Ardfert, and Aghadhoe 1725, buried 3 Apr 1755. See Rawlinson, i, 236; Cotton, i, 170, 388.