Venn: Adm. sizar (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 27, 1718. S. of John, stapler, of Yorkshire. B. at Monk Fryston, near Pontefract. School, Sherburn (Mr Williams). ' Matric. 1718; B.A. 1721-2; M.A. 1725. Ord. deacon (York) May 20, 1722; priest, Sept. 19, 1725. C. of Monk Fryston, Yorks. Perhaps R. of Spennithorne, till 1759. Died there Feb. 16, 1759