VENN:Adm. sizar at EMMANUEL, Dec. 10, 1675. Of Shenstone, Worcs. S. of Humphrey. Schools, Chadgely, Worcs. and Uppingham, Rutland. ' Matric. 1676; B.A. 1679-80; M.A. 1683; B.D. 1690. Fellow, 1682-1702. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Sept. 21, 1681; priest, Dec. 23, 1683. R. of Thurcaston, Leics., 1701-33. Died Feb. 7, 1732-3, aged 77. M.I. at Thurcaston. Will, Leicester. (Nichols, III. 1060, 1074.)
Richard Hill, Rector of Thurcaston, Leics., and founder of charity school there (1715) and co-founder of charity school, Swaffham Bulbeck (1722). D. 7 Feb. 1732/3, in his 77th. Year (MI, Thurcaston Church). Son of Humphrey Hill of Shenstone, in parish of Stone, Worcs., and Hester, dau. of William Sanderson of Pilton in Oundle, Northants. (Nichols, Leicester, III, 1060, 1057. Account of his life and statutes of the Thurcaston charity school in Nichols, Leicester, III, 1074-8.
1074] Educated at Chadgeley school, Worcs., and afterwards at Uppingham School, Rutland, ‘by the great kindness and bounty of his good brother, the Rev. John Hill, then rector of Preston by Uppingham'.
Admitted sizar, Emmanuel College, 10 Dec. 1675, and chosen fellow of the college on 14 July 1682. He always kept statutable residence of the college whilst scholar and fellow.
‘and being ordained deacon upon Dec. 23, 1683, and priest upon September 23, 1684, he served the cure first of Swaffham Bulbeck church, five miles Eastward from Cambridge, for something more than nine years; and afterwards assisted Dr. Davis more than seven years in his cure of Heydon and Little Chiswell in Essex, the first 10 miles, the other 12 from Cambridge, going to Heydon the Lord's day in the morning, and from thence to Little Chiswell in the afternoon, and returning to the college in the evening.'
Upon the death of Mr Alfounder, elected Rector of Thurcaston by unanimous consent of Master, Fellows and Scholars of Emmanuel College, patrons of the rectory, on 22 May 1701. Instituted by Bishop of Lincoln on 1 July 1701, arriving at the parsonage the following day: ‘and has been constantly resident, a constant preacher, and a constant housekeeper ever since'.
See also VCH, Cambridgeshire, X, 268, 271
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1683 | Ordi(ordination) | Hill, Ricardus | / | deacon | View |
| 1692 | Libc | Hill, Richard | Swaffham Bulbeck / | Vicar | View |
| 1692 | Libc | Hill, unknown | Swaffham Bulbecke / | Vicar | View |
| 1701 | Appt(Institution) | Hill, Ricardus | Thurcaston / | Rector | View |
| 1733 | Vac(Death) | Hill, Richard | Thurcaston / | Rector | View |