Way, Lewis (1816-1829)

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Foster: Rev. Lewis, son of Benjamin of Westminister, arm., CHRIST CHURCH matric. 22 Apr. 1790 aged 18; BA MERTON 1794; MA 1796; of Stansted Park, Sussex; Bar. at Law Inner Temple 1797; died at Barford, Warwickshire.

There has been confusion about ordination dates of this man; the account of his life (Kathleen P Emerson, "The Wandering Jew - the Contextual Analysis of the Theo-praxis of Lewis Way 1772-1840" - M Phil. thesis June 2013 Portsmouth University) claims
diaconal ordination 28 Aug. 1816, priest a year later, by Bp. of Chichester; since ref. for this is the West Sussex Curates' subscription register EP.1/4/2 it is more likely to be his subscription on licensing to the stipendiary curacy of Stoughton, Chichester. The private ordinations at Gloucester by Bp. Ryder are more likely considering the particular links between Ryder and Way (explored in the thesis).

Death was in the Asylum at Barford near Leamington Spa run by his brother Rev. W. Way, his illness coming after an amazing life involved with the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews; founding a seminary at Stansted Park, buying the Marboeuf Chapel in Paris and founding St George's Anglican Church there, being chaplain of the Anglican church at Nice (credited with funding the construction of the Promenade des Anglais with his own money).

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