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Adm. pens. at SIDNEY, Oct. 26, 1809. Eldest s. of the Rev. William (Exeter College, Oxford, 1779). Preb. of Lincoln, and R. of Knipton, Leics., and Woolsthorpe, Lincs. B. Mar. 13, 1791, in London. Schools, Oakham (Mr Bradford), Leicester (Mr Bullen) and Richmond (Mr Tate). ' Matric. Michs. 1810; B.A. 1814; M.A. 1817. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) 1814; priest (Norwich) July 9, 1815. R. of Quenington, Gloucs., 1822-34. V. of Langford, Oxon., 1825-34. P.C. of Ampney St Mary, Gloucs., 1823-33. Married Catherine, dau. of Sampson Colclough, of Baconfield, Newark. Seceded from the Church of England, 1834. Died at Ryde, Sept. 12, 1861, ‘aged 50’ (sic). The D.N.B. states that ‘the Rev. John McWilliam (sic) Peters, R. of Quenington’, married, in 1833, Mary Bowley (afterwards the well-known hymn-writer), and that he died in 1834. Brother of Edmund (1811). (Clerical Journal, 1837; Foster, Index Eccles.; Burke, L.G (sub Turton); F. P. White.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1814 | Ordi(ordination) | Peters, John William | / | deacon | View |
| 1814 | Appt(Licensing) | Peters, John William | Coston / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1815 | Appt(Licensing) | Peters, John William | Langford and Igburgh / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1815 | Ordi(ordination) | Peters, John William | / | priest | View |
| 1815 | Appt(Institution) | Peters, John William | Womersley / | Vicar | View |
| 1815 | Ordi(ordination) | Peters, John William | / | priest | View |
| 1817 | Vac(resignation) | Peters, John William | Womersley / | Vicar | View |
| 1817 | Appt(Resignation) | Peters, John William | Womersley / | Vicar | View |
| 1819 | Appt(Licensing) | Peters, John William | Southrop / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1819 | Appt(Licensing) | Peters, John William | Southrop / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1819 | Subsc | Peters, John William | Southrop / | Curate | View |
| 1823 | Subsc | Peters, John William | Quennington / | Rector | View |
| 1823 | Appt(Institution) | Peters, John William | Quennington / | Rector | View |
| 1823 | Appt(Institution) | Peters, John William | Quennington / | Rector | View |
| 1824 | Appt(Licensing) | Peters, John William | Ampney Mary / | Perpetual Curate | View |
| 1824 | Subsc | Peters, John William | Ampney Mary / | Perpetual Curate | View |
| 1824 | Appt(Licensing) | Peters, John William | Ampeney Mary / | Perpetual Curate | View |
| 1825 | Appt(Institution) | Peters, John William | Langford / | Vicar | View |
| 1833 | Vac(resignation) | Peters, John William | Ampney St Peter / | Perpetual Curate | View |
| 1833 | Vac(resignation) | Peters, John William | Ampney Saint Mary / | Perpetual Curate | View |
| 1833 | Appt(Resignation) | Peters, John William | Ampney St Mary / | Perpetual Curate | View |
| 1834 | Vac(cession) | Peters, John William | Quennington / | Rector | View |
| 1834 | Vac(cession) | Peters, John William | Quennington / | Rector | View |
| 1834 | Appt(Resignation) | Peters, John William | Langford / | Vicar | View |
| 1834 | Vac(resignation) | Peters, John William | Langford / | Vicar | View |