Swinden, Tobias (1719-1755)

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In VENN:
Adm. sizar at QUEENS', July 3, 1714. Of Kent. S. of Tobias (above [CCE3512]). ' Matric. 1714; B.A. 1717-8; M.A. 1721. Ord. priest (London) Feb. 27, 1719-20. V. of Shorne, Kent, 1719-33. (According to Fielding, Tob Clifton Swinden was V. of Shorne, 1719-32; buried Nov. 20 1732.) One of these names R. of Kingsdown, 1733?? V. of Lamberhurst, 1733-54. Died Mar. 1754. Adm. P.C.C. (Fielding, Rochester; Hasted, II. 593.)

Pace Fielding, I am inclined to link these two. Shorne was vacated by cession, not by death, and in 1733 not in 1732. Why does Fielding identify the V of Shorne as Tobias Clifton Swinden who was buried on 20 Nov 1732. (The dates of cession of Shorne and institution to Lamberhurst, and the fact that the patron in both cases was the Dean and chapter of Rochester, would suggest that these records relate to the same person.

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