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Adm. pens. (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, Nov. 11, 1789. S. of Philip, deceased (and Mary, dau. of Joseph Loscombe). B. [Aug. 4, 1771], at Penryn, Cornwall. Schools, Truro and Winchester. ' Matric. Michs. 1790; B.A. 1794; M.A. 1797. Ord. deacon (Exeter) Nov. 20, 1794; priest (Winchester, litt. dim. from Bath and Wells) May 31, 1801; C. of Paul, Penzance, 1794-5. C. of St John's, Plymouth, 1796-8. C. of All Saints', Bath, 1800-8. P.C. of St Michael's, Bath, 1808-25. V. of Wedmore, Somerset, 1810-25. Chaplain to the Bath City infirmary and Dispensary, 1817. Married, Sept. 1799, Mary, dau. of John Salt Wynell-Mayow, of Bray, and Saltash, Cornwall, and had issue. Author, Sermons, published, with a Memoir, 1826. A founder of the Society for the suppression of mendicity and the relief of occasional distress. Died Apr. 15, 1825, at Ridgway, near Plymouth; buried in St Michael's churchyard, Bath. M.I. there. (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 447; Boase, Biblio Cornub., 566; Boase, Collect. Cornub., 804; G. Mag., 1825, I. 475 and 559.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1794 | Ordi(ordination) | Richards, John | / | deacon | View |
| 1794 | Appt(Licensing) | Richards, John | St Paul, Cornwall / | Curate | View |
| 1801 | Appt(Licensing) | Richards, John | Walcot, Free Church / | Curate | View |
| 1808 | Appt(Licensing) | Richards, John | Bath, Saint Michael. / | Curate | View |
| 1811 | Appt(Institution) | Richards, John | Wedmore / | Vicar | View |
| 1825 | Vac(Death) | Richards, John | Wedmore / | Vicar | View |