In VENN
Adm. pens. at CORPUS CHRISTI, May 23, 1803. Of Kent. [4th s. of John, agriculturist, for whom see D.N.B., of Betteshanger. B. May 23, 1783. School, King's, Canterbury.] ' Matric. Lent, 1804; Scholar; B.A. 1807; M.A. 1818. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Feb. 22, 1807; priest (Ely) Apr. 10, 1808; C. of Lolworth and Boxworth, Cambs., 1807. Chaplain to the East India Company; sometime at Rio Janeiro. Chaplain at St Helena, 1811-29, also Master of the Head School in the Island. Said to have been the first man Napoleon spoke to on landing there, and with whom he played chess and who left him an armchair and a walking-stick–still cherished possessions of the family. V. of Tudeley-cum-Capel, Kent, 1830-2. P.C. of Platt, 1849-54. P.C. of St Mary's, Wrotham, 1849-57. V. of Loose, near Maidstone, 1854-66. A fearless and uncompromising divine (for some account of his activities and character see A St Helena Who's Who, by Arnold Chaplin. Married Agnes, dau. of James Graham, Esq., of Carlisle, Sept. 8, 1807. Author, Elements of Christian Knowledge; Primitive Obliquities. Died Feb. 13, 1866, aged 82, at Loose. (G. Mag., 1866, I. 599; L. B. Behrens, Under Thirty-seven Kings; Cant. Act Bk.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1807 | Appt(Licensing) | Boys, Richard | Boxworth / | Curate | View |
| 1807 | Appt(Licensing) | Boys, Richard | Lolworth / | Curate | View |
| 1807 | Ordi(ordination) | Boys, Richard | / | deacon | View |
| 1807 | Ordi(letters dimissory) | Boys, Richard | / | deacon | View |
| 1807 | Ordi(ordination) | Boys, Richard | / | deacon | View |
| 1808 | Ordi(ordination) | Boys, Richard | / | priest | View |
| 1810 | Appt(approbation of appointment) | Boys, Richard | East India Company / St. Helena establishment | Chaplain | View |
| 1830 | Appt(Institution) | Boys, Richard | Tudeley cum Capel / | Vicar | View |
| 1832 | Vac(resignation) | Boys, Richard | Tudely cum Capel with Mereworth / | Rector | View |