Venn: Adm. sizar at CLARE, June 15, 1689. Of Hampsthwaite, Yorks. Doubtless s. of Samuel (1660). Bapt. Aug. 1, 1672, at Hampsthwaite. ' Matric. 1689; B.A. 1692-3; M.A. 1696. Ord. deacon (York) Nov. 1694. V. of Oldham, Lancs., 1696-1712.