Venn: Adm. sizar (age 17) at TRINITY, May 7, 1709. S. of Peter, cooper, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. School, Newcastle (Mr Rudd). ' Matric. 1709; Scholar, 1710; B.A. 1712-3; M.A. 1716. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Sept. 1714; priest (York) Sept. 1716. Probably R. of Elton, Durham, 1716-56. Buried there Dec. 16, 1756