Peckard, Peter (1745-1798)

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Venn: M.A. 1753, incorp. from Oxford; D.D. per Litterae Regiae. Royal mandates directing the conferring of a degree.'Lit. Reg., from MAGDALENE, 1785. [S. of the Rev. John, of Welbourne, Lincs.] ' Matric. from Corpus Christi, Oxford, July 20, 1734, age 16; B.A. (Oxford) 1738; M.A. (Oxford) 1741-2. Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford. Master of Magdalene, 1781-97. Vice-Chancellor, 1784-5. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Sept. 22, 1745; priest, May 25, 1746. R. of Fletton, Hunts., 1760-97, and V. of Yaxley, 1760-77. Chaplain, Grenadier Guards, 1766; serving with them in Germany. Preb. of Lincoln, 1774-97. Preb. of Southwell, 1777-97. R. of Tansor, Northants., 1777-93. R. of Abbots Ripton, Hunts., 1793-7. Dean of Peterborough, 1792-7. Married, c. 1752, Martha, eldest dau. of Edward Ferrar, attorney, of Huntingdon. A great supporter of the abolition of slavery. Proposed, as a subject for the prize to be given to the Senior Bachelors, ‘An liceat nolentes in servitutem dare?’, the first prize being adjudged to Thomas Clarkson, of St John's, who was ultimately so closely associated with the anti-slavery movement. Author, Sermons. Died Dec. 8, 1797; buried behind the altar in Peterborough Cathedral.

Ledger slab observed by RAB in Peterborough Cathedral 2018. Gives age of death as 80. Martha died 14 Jan 1805 aged 75

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