VENN: Adm. sizar (age 17) at CAIUS, Mar. 1713. S. of Robert (1682), Esq., of Santon Downham, Suffolk. B. there. Schools, Bury and Botesdale (Mr Mabourn). Matric. 1714; Scholar, 1714-20; B.A. 1717-8; M.A. 1721; D.D. 1735. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Dec. 21, 1718; priest (Ely) Dec. 18, 1720. C. of Bluntisham, Hunts., 1718. R. of East Harling, Norfolk, 1720-38. R. of Knoddishall, Suffolk, 1724-39. R. of Hackney, Middlesex, 1738-53. V. of Santon Downham, Suffolk, 1746. Chaplain to the Prince of Wales. Preb. of Lichfield. Author, Sermon. Died Jan. 7, 1753. Buried at Hackney. Will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury. (Venn, II. 1.)
There is obviously an error in the recording of the vacancy forename. See Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae
Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
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1718 | Ordi(ordination) | Wright, Robertus | / | deacon | View |
1718 | Appt(Licensing) | Wright, Robertus | / | Deacon | View |
1720 | Subsc | Wright, Robertus | East Herling, Norfolk / | Rector | View |
1720 | Appt(Institution) | Wright, Robertus | East Herling / | Rector | View |
1724 | Appt(Institution) | Wright, Robertus | Knettishall / | Rector | View |
1730 | Subsc | Wright, Robert | Lichfield / Prebend of Bishopshull | Prebendary | View |
1730 | Subsc | Wright, Robertus | Hackney / | Rector | View |
1730 | Appt(Institution) | Wright, Robertus | Hackney / | Rector | View |
1730 | Subsc | Wright, Robert | Lichfield / Prebend of Bishopshill | Prebendary | View |
1738 | Appt(Institution) | Wright, Robert | St John Hackney / | Vicar | View |
1738 | Subsc | Wright, Robert | St John's Hackney / | Vicar | View |
1739 | Vac(cession) | Wright, Robert | Knattishall / | Rector | View |
1739 | Vac(cession) | Wright, Robert | East Harling / | Rector | View |
1746 | Subsc | Wright, Robert | Downham / | Rector | View |
1746 | Appt(Institution) | Wright, Robert | Downham / | Rector | View |
1753 | Vac(natural death) | Wright, Robert | Hackney / | Rector | View |
1753 | Vac(natural death) | Wright, Robert | Downham / | Rector | View |
1753 | Vac(Death) | Wright, Thomas | Lichfield Cathedral / Prebend of Bishopshull | Prebendary | View |
1753 | Vac(natural death) | Wright, Robert | Hackney / | Vicar | View |