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Adm. pens. (age 19) at ST, JOHN'S, July 13, 1752. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. James (1713) (R. of King's Ripton, Hunts.) [and grandson of the Earl of Harborough]. B. at King's Repton. [Bapt. July 4, 1733.] School, Leicester (Mr Andrews). ' Matric. Michs. 1752; M.A. 1756; LL.D. 1769. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Sept. 19, 1756; priest, June 24, 1758. R. of King's Ripton, Hunts. (succeeding his father), 1758-1813. Chaplain to Bennet, Earl of Harborough, 1767. R. of Little Stukeley, Hunts. (succeeding his father), 1767-1813. Preb. of Worcester, 1775. Married (1) Mary, dau. of the Rev. Edward Bourchier, R. of Bramfield, Herts.; (2) 1775, Miss Leeson, of Little Ponton, near Grantham. Buried Mar. 4, 1813. Father of the next; brother of John (1761) and Philip (1753). (St John's Coll. Adm., III, 617; Misc. Gen. et Her., 4th series, IV. 333; G. Mag., 1813, I. 500.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1756 | Appt(Licensing) | Torkington, James | King Ripton / | Curate | View |
| 1756 | Ordi(ordination) | Torkington, James | / | deacon | View |
| 1758 | Ordi(ordination) | Torkington, James | / | priest | View |
| 1758 | Appt(Institution) | Torkington, James | Ripton Regis / | Rector | View |
| 1759 | Appt(Appointment) | Torkington, Jamees | Bennett, Earl of Harborough / | Chaplain | View |
| 1767 | Appt(Institution) | Torkington, James | Stewkley parva / | Rector | View |
| 1767 | Disp-App | Torkington, James | Ripon Regis / | Rector | View |
| 1767 | Disp(Dispensation) | Torkington, James | Stewkley parva / | Rector | View |
| 1767 | Appt(in post) | Torkington, James | earl of Harborough / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1767 | Disp-App | Torkington, James | Bennet, Earl of Harborough / | Chaplain | View |
| 1775 | Appt(Institution) | Torkington, James | Worcester Cathedral / 1st Canonary | Canon | View |
| 1786 | Appt(Institution) | Torkington, James | St Oswald's Hospital, Worcester / | Master | View |
| 1786 | Appt(Institution) | Torkington, James | Saint Oswald Hospital, Worcester City / | View | |
| 1813 | Vac(Death) | Torkington, James | St Oswald's Hospital, Worcester / | Master | View |
| 1813 | Vac(Death) | Torkington, James | Worcester Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1813 | Vac(Death) | Torkington, James | Little Stewkley / | Rector | View |
| 1813 | Vac(Death) | Unknown, | Ripton Regis / | Rector | View |