Bates, Henry (1762-1816)

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Adm. sizar (age 18) at PETERHOUSE, Apr. 1754. S. of Henry, inn-keeper and parish clerk of Halifax. Schools, Halifax and Manchester. Scholar, 1755; matric. Easter, 1756; Prizeman, 1761; B.A. (4th Wrangler) 1759; M.A. 1762; D.D. 1782. Fellow, 1762. V. of Madingley, Cambs., 1772-3. J.P. for Cambs. R. of Freckenham, Suffolk, 1773-1816. R. of Boxford, 1786-1815. V. of Llanddewi-Velfrey, Pembs., 1786-1816. [He was a regular attendant at the Magistrates' meetings at Mildenhall, Suffolk, and always dined with the other justices at the White Hart Inn. During the game season, the hostess, Mrs Wilde, used to provide the doctor, ‘with a beefsteak pie, with a brace of partridges in it, which he always warned her to put with their breasts down on the beef.’] Died Feb. 2, 1816, aged 82. Buried at Freckenham. M.I. Brother of Joah (1759) and father of George F. (1800' CCE43). (T. A. Walker, 308; Manchester Sch. Reg. and Add. to Vol. I; G. Mag., 1816, I.)

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