Venn: Adm. pens. (age 17) at ST JOHN'S, June 27, 1766. S. of Daniel Peter (F.R.S.; D.C.L., Oxon.), physician, of Middlesex. B. [Feb. 19, 1749-50], in the parish of St Ann, Westminster. School, Huntingdon (Mr Unwin). ' Matric. Michs. 1766; B.A. 1770; M.A. 1773; Seatonian prize, 1773 and 1774; D.D. 1787. Fellow, 1773-7. Ord. deacon (London, Litt. dim. from Ely) Dec. 21, 1771; priest, Feb. 27, 1774. For some time Minister of Oxenden Chapel, Oxenden Street, London, where he was greatly admired for his eloquence. Librarian of Archbishop Tenison's Library and Chaplain in Ordinary to the King. F.R.S., 1778. V. of Wootton Bassett, Wilts., 1793-8. Preb. of Worcester Cathedral. R. of Uffington, Lincs., 1798-1803. Preb. of Bangor, 1799-1803. V. of Kewstoke, Somerset, 1777-99. Dean of Bristol, 1800-3. A man ‘of great learning and most amiable manners.’ Author, Sermons; Poetical Essays. Twice married and had issue ten children. Died, of gout in the stomach, Apr. 11, 1803, at the Deanery, Bristol. M.I. in Bristol Cathedral. Father of Brownlow V. (1803); grandfather of the next. (St John's Coll. Adm., III. 713; G. Mag., 1803, I. 481.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1771 | Ordi(letters dimissory) | Lay, Charles Peter | / | deacon | View |
| 1771 | Ordi(ordination) | Layard, Charles Peter | / | deacon | View |
| 1771 | Disp-Ord | Layard, Charles Peter | / | View | |
| 1774 | Appt(Licensing) | Layard, Charles Peter | St Martin in the Fields / Oxendon chapel | Preacher | View |
| 1774 | Disp-Ord | Layard, Charles Peter | / | View | |
| 1774 | Ordi(ordination) | Layard, Charles Peter | / | priest | View |
| 1777 | Appt(Institution) | Layard, Charles Peter | Kewstoke / | Vicar | View |
| 1778 | Appt(Appointment) | Layard, Charles Peter | Mary, Dowager Duchess of Ancaster / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1793 | Appt(Institution) | Layard, Charles Peter | Worcester Cathedral / Fifth Prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1793 | Disp(Dispensation) | Layard, Charles Peter | Wotton Basset / | Vicar | View |
| 1793 | Appt(Institution) | Layard, Charles Peter | Wootton Bassett / | Vicar | View |
| 1793 | Disp-App | Layard, Charles Peter | Kewstock / | Vicar | View |
| 1797 | Vac(cession) | Layard, Charles Peter | Worle / | Vicar | View |
| 1798 | Appt(Institution) | Layard, Charles Peter | Uffington / | Rector | View |
| 1798 | Vac(cession) | Layard, Charles Peter | Wotton Bassett / | Vicar | View |
| 1799 | Vac(cession) | Layard, Charles Peter | Kewstoke / | Vicar | View |
| 1800 | Appt(Resignation) | Layard, Charles Peter | Worcester Cathedral / Fifth Prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1803 | Vac(natural death) | Layard, Charles Peter | Bangor Cathedral / Prebend of Penmynydd | Prebendary | View |
| 1803 | Vac(Death) | Layard, Charles Peter | Bristol Cathedral / | Dean | View |
| 1803 | Vac(natural death) | Layard, Charles Peter | Penmynydd / | Rector | View |
| 1803 | Vac(Death) | Layard, Charles Peter | Uffington / | Rector | View |