Venn: Foster: of Merton College Oxford; scholar Corpus Christi College, 28 January 1648 ns, from Crewkerne, Somerset (s. John), expelled by the parliamentary visitors, restored 1660, MA 28 August 1660, rector of Bassingham, Lincs, 1661, canon of York 1687, rector of Skinnand, Lincs, 1699; brother of John 1634, and father of the next [James Metforde]. See Fasti, ii. 228; Burrows, 495.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| --- | Ordi(ordination) | Metford, Jacobus | / | deacon | View |
| 1661 | Appt(Institution) | Metford, Jacobus | Bassingham / | Rector | View |
| 1661 | Ordi(ordination) | Metford, Jacobus | / | priest | View |
| 1661 | Ordi | Metford, James | / | priest | View |
| 1661 | Appt(Institution) | Metford, Jacobus | Basingham / | Rector | View |
| 1662 | Subsc | Metford, James | Basingham / | Rector | View |
| 1662 | Libc | Metford, Jacobus | Bassingham / | Rector | View |
| 1699 | Appt(Institution) | Metford, Jacobus | Skinnand / | Rector | View |
| 1699 | Appt(Licensing) | Metford, Jacobus | Diocese of Lincoln / | Preacher | View |
| 1720 | Vac(Death) | Metford, Jacobus | Basingham / | Rector | View |
| 1720 | Vac(Death) | Metford, Jacobus | Skinnan / | Rector | View |
| 1720 | Vac(natural death) | Mettford, unknown | York Minster / Prebend of Bole | Prebendary | View |