Venn: M.A. from TRINITY, 1715. S. of Thomas, of Durham, clerk. Bapt. at St Oswald's, Feb. 10, 1689-90. Matric. (Lincoln College, Oxford) Mar. 27, 1708; B.A. (Oxford) 1711-2. Ord. priest (York) Sept. 1715. Perhaps minor canon of Durham. C. of Croxdale. Buried at St Oswald's, Durham, Mar. 25, 1717.