Johnson, Maurice (1778-1834)

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Adm. pens. (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, July 1, 1773. S. of Maurice, Esq. [of Ayscough Fee Hall, Spalding, Lincs., and] Stanway, Essex [Lieut.-Col., formerly 1st Regt. of Foot Guards, by his 2nd wife, Mary Baker]. B. [Feb. 28, 1757], at Stanway. School, Felsted. Scholar, 1774; matric. Michs. 1776; B.A. 1777; M.A. 1783; D.D. 1795. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) June 7, 1778; priest (Norwich) Aug. 6, 1780; C. of Moulton, Lincs., 1778; V. there, 1780-1834. C. of Copdock and Washbrook, Suffolk, 1780. P.C. of Spalding, Lincs., 1782-1834. Chaplain to the Duke of Ancaster. Prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral, 1785-1834. Succeeded to Ayscough Fee Hall, Spalding, and appears to have resided there, being non-resident at Moulton. There is a curious letter from him (printed in Fenland Notes and Queries, I. 52, 53) to the Secretary of the Bishop of Lincoln, concerning his title to the advowson of Moulton and his non-residence there. Married, July 22, 1779, Ann Elizabeth, dau. of Theophilus Buckworth, Esq., of Spalding. Died May 25, 1834. Buried at Spalding. M.I. there. Father of the next and of Theophilus F. (1809); brother of Walter M. (1785). (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 335, which erroneously gives the age in his M.I. as 88; Monson, Lincs. Church Notes, which gives ‘b. 1756.’)

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