In VENN as FRANCIS
Adm. pens. (age 16) at SIDNEY, June 18, 1748. S. and h. of Francis (1712), gent. B. Nov. 23, 1731, in London. School, London (private). ' Matric. 1748-9; LL.B. 1754. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 24, 1750. Ord. deacon. 1754; priest (Chester) Dec. 21, 1755. R. of Dengie, Essex, 1758. R. and V. of East Dereham, Norfolk, 1761-9. R. of Chislehurst, Kent. 1769-1815. F.R.S., 1769. Precentor of St Davids, 1777. R. of St Vedast, Foster Lane, and St Michael-le-Querne, London, 1779-1815. Married Althea, dau. of John Hyde, May 11, 1758. Author, astronomical, etc. Buried Nov. 7, 1815, at Chislehurst. M.I. Brother of Charlton (1748). (Burke, L.G.; D.N.B.; H. G. Harrison.)
Fielding (1910) records MI: 'it begins in Hebrew, with which we will not trouble the reader, then in Latin: Creatori Redemptori Numini adstanti semper et propitio cui studium omne dum vita fuitcenotaphum hoc in aedes sacrae penetrali animi per quam grati et spe Christiani exultantis memor dicatum voluit. Francis Wollaston Fra. fil. Guil nep hujus ecclesiae ab anno 1769 ad 1815 rector.'
SEE OXFORD DNB: Wollaston, Francis (1731–1815), author and astronomer
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1754 | Disp-Ord | Wollaston, Francis | / | View | |
| 1754 | Ordi(ordination) | Wollaston, Francis | / | deacon | View |
| 1755 | Disp-Ord | Wollaston, Francis | / | View | |
| 1755 | Ordi(ordination) | Wollaston, Francis | / | priest | View |
| 1758 | Appt(Institution) | Wollaston, Francis | Dengy / | Rector | View |
| 1758 | Subsc | Wollaston, Francis | Dengey / | Rector | View |
| 1761 | Appt(Institution) | Wollaston, Francis | East Dearham / | Rector | View |
| 1761 | Appt(Institution) | Wollaston, Francis | East Dearham / | Vicar | View |
| 1761 | Vac(cession) | Wollaston, Francis | Dengey / | Rector | View |
| 1761 | Appt(Institution) | Wollaston, Francis | West Dearham with the Chappel of Hoo annexed / | Vicar | View |
| 1761 | Appt(Institution) | Wollaston, Francis | East Dearham / | Rector | View |
| 1769 | Appt(Collation) | Wollaston, Charles | Chislehurst / | Rector | View |
| 1769 | Vac(cession) | Wollaston, Francis | East Dereham with the Chapel of Hoo / | Vicar | View |
| 1774 | Appt(Appointment) | Wollaston, Francis | James Yorke, Bishop of St. Davids / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1777 | Subsc | Wollaston, Francis | Cathedral Church of St David's / Llanbeder Pont Steven | Prebendary | View |
| 1777 | Subsc | Wollaston, Francis | Cathedral Church of St David's / | Precentor | View |
| 1777 | Appt(Institution) | Wollaston, Francis | Cathedral Church of Saint Davids / | Precentor | View |
| 1777 | Appt(Institution) | Wollaston, Francis | Cathedral Church of Saint Davids / Llanbeder Pont Steven | Prebendary | View |
| 1779 | Disp-App | Wollaston, Francis | Chislehurst / | Rector | View |
| 1779 | Disp(Dispensation) | Wollaston, Francis | London, St Michael Le Querne ann. & united to Church of St Vedast als. Foster / | Rector | View |
| 1779 | Appt(Institution) | Wollaston, Francis | London, St Michael Le Querne ann. & united to church of St Vedast als. Foster Lane / | Rector | View |
| 1784 | Appt(revocation) | Wollaston, Francis | James Yorke, Bishop of Ely / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1784 | Appt(revocation) | Wollaston, | / | Chaplain | View |
| 1815 | Vac(Death) | Wollaston, Francis | East Dereham / | sinecure rector | View |
| 1815 | Vac(Death) | Woolaston, Francis | Chislehurst / | Rector | View |
| 1815 | Vac(Death) | Wollaston, Francis | Chislehurst / | Rector | View |
| 1815 | Vac(Death) | Wollaston, Francis | London, St Vedast, Foster Lane / | Rector | View |
| 1815 | Vac(Death) | Wollaston, Francis | London, St Michael Le Querne / | Rector | View |
| 1816 | Vac(natural death) | Wollaston, Francis | Cathedral Church of St Davids / Llanbederpontstephan | Prebendary | View |
| 1816 | Vac(natural death) | Wollaston, Francis | Cathedral Church of St Davids / | Precentor | View |