Foster/VENN
B.A. 1809, incorp. from Oxford; M.A. 1809. Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 15, 1809. S. of Henry, of Calne, Wilts. [B. 1784. Schools, Reading and Eton.] ' Matric. from Christ Church, Oxford, Feb. 4, 1802, age 18; B.A. (Oxford) 1805. Adm. M.A. ad eundem at Oxford, 1853. Ord. deacon (Exeter) Feb. 22, 1807; priest (Ely) April 10, 1808. V. of Haverhill, Suffolk, 1808-15. R. of Cole-Orton, Leics., 1815-64, and V. of Whitwick, 1819-64. Chaplain to the Marquess of Lansdowne. Married, Apr. 24, 1810, Frances Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. Charles John Way, R. of Boreham, Essex. Author, The Case between Church and Dissenters; Letter to the Rev. W. Holme, R. of Loughborough, on the Baptist Deposition there; A Letter to the Bp. of London on Authorised Collection on the Feast of the Epiphany; Roman Plea of Candour considered in a Letter to the Rev. L. Gentile; Letter to C. W. Packe Esq., M.P., on the Desirableness and Necessity of a Church Party in Parliament; Letter to B. Disraeli, Esq., M.P., on the Roman Catholic Question; Truth and Charity; Letter to Lord John Manners on Church rates; Respectful Address to Ratepayers in Leicestershire, on Church-rates, etc. Died July 21, 1864, at Cole-Orton rectory. Father of Henry R. (1835) and Francis L. S. (1828). (Al. Oxon.; Boase, II 848; G. Mag., 1864, II. 387, 795.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1807 | Ordi(ordination) | Merewether, Francis | / | deacon | View |
| 1807 | Disp-Ord | Merewether, Francis | / | View | |
| 1808 | Disp-Ord | Merewether, Francis | / | View | |
| 1808 | Appt(Collation) | Merewether, Francis | Haverill / | Vicar | View |
| 1808 | Ordi(ordination) | Merewether, Francis | / | priest | View |
| 1810 | Appt(Appointment) | Merewether, Francis | Henry, Marquess of Lansdowne / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1815 | Vac(cession) | Merewether, Francis | Haverill / | Vicar | View |
| 1815 | Appt(Institution) | Merewether, Francis | Cole Orton / | Rector | View |
| 1819 | Disp(Dispensation) | Merewether, Francis | Whitwick / | Vicar | View |
| 1819 | Appt(in post) | Merewether, Francis | Henry marquess of Lansdowne / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1819 | Disp-App | Merewether, Francis | Cole Orton / | Rector | View |
| 1819 | Disp-App | Merewether, Francis | Most Hon. Henry, marquess of Lansdown / | Chaplain | View |
| 1819 | Appt(Institution) | Mereweather, Francis | Whitwick / | Vicar | View |