VENN: Adm. sizar (age 20) at ST JOHN'S, 14 June 1683. S. of John, husbandman. B. at Newchapel, Wolstanton, Staffs. School, Chell (private; Mr Bourne). ' Matric. 1683. Created M.A. at Oxford, 11 Feb. 1703/4. Ord. deacon (Chester) 19 Dec. 1686. R. of Ingestre, Staffs., 1691. Preb. of Lichfield, 1713-39. (Al. Oxon.)
FOSTER: Milnes, James; created MA 11 Feb. 1703/4, rector of Ingestre, co. Stafford, 1691, canon of Lichfield 1713. See Rawl., ii. 124, xxi. 46; Foster's Index Eccl.
A writer on mathematics: author of Sectionum comicarum elementa nova methodo demonstrata, first edn. 1702; second and third revised editions 1712 and 1723, and a further edition in 1749, R.V. Wallis & P.J. Wallis, Biobliography [sic] of British Mathematics and its Applications, Part II, 1701-1760, p. 7.
Bur. Ingrestre, 7 June 1739, Fasti: Coventry & Lichfield, 71-3.
Father of James Milnes [54655]
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1686 | Ordi(ordination) | Milnes, Jam | / | deacon | View |
| 1686 | Appt(Licensing) | Milnes, Jacobus | Wrenbury / | Schoolmaster | View |
| 1686 | Libc | Milnes, Jacobus | Wrenbury / | Schoolmaster | View |
| 1691 | Subsc | Milnes, James | Ingestre / | Rector | View |
| 1691 | Appt(Institution) | Milnes, James | Ingestre / | Rector | View |
| 1691 | Ordi(ordination) | Milnes, Jacobus | / | priest | View |
| 1713 | Appt(Collation) | Milnes, James | Lichfield / prebend of Wellington | Prebendary | View |
| 1713 | Subsc | Milnes, James | Lichfield / Prebend of Wellington | Prebendary | View |
| 1739 | Vac(Death) | Milnes, James | Ingestrie / | Rector | View |
| 1739 | Vac(Death) | Milnes, James | Lichfield / Prebend of Wellington | Prebendary | View |