Venn & Foster: (formerly BRETTINGHAM); son of Robert Brettingham of Norwich (city) gent., while a child took name of FRESTON in pursuance of will of his maternal uncle, William Freston. CHRIST CHURCH Oxford, matric. 26 Dec. 1775 aged 18; BA 1780; incorp. Cambridge: adm. fell.-com CLARE HALL 30 June 1783; MA 1783; ord. priest (Norwich) 25 July 1783; c. Gayton-Thorpe, Norfolk 1783; PC and patron of Needham, Norfolk 1792; R of Edgeworth, Gloucs. 1801-20 on presentation of a college friend [Thomas Westfalling of Rudhall, Herefs.] Married a Cambridge lady, widow of Thomas Hyde 1783; Author of 'Provisions for the more equal maintenance of the clergy (anon)', 'An Address to the People of England','Discourse of laws, sermons etc.'; died 25 Dec. 1819. Father of Thomas Gordon Westfaling (CCED ID); G. Mag. 1820, I, 279; Al. Oxon., Foster Ind. Eccl., & D.N.B.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780 | Ordi(ordination) | Freston, Anthony | / | deacon | View |
| 1783 | Ordi(ordination) | Freston, Anthony | / | priest | View |
| 1783 | Ordi(ordination) | Freston, Anthony | / | priest | View |
| 1792 | Appt(Licensing) | Freston, Anthony | Needham juxta Harleston / | Perpetual Curate | View |
| 1801 | Appt(Institution) | Freston, Anthony | Edgworth / | Rector | View |
| 1801 | Appt(Institution) | Freston, Anthony | Edgworth / | Rector | View |
| 1814 | Subsc | Freston, Anthony | Miserdine / | Curate | View |
| 1814 | Appt(Licensing) | Freston, Anthony | Miserden / | Curate | View |
| 1820 | Vac(natural death) | Heston, Anthony | Edgeworth / | Rector | View |
| 1820 | Vac(Death) | Freston, Anthony | Needham juxta Harleston / | Perpetual Curate | View |
| 1820 | Vac(Death) | Freston, Anthony | Edeworth / | Rector | View |