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Adm. sizar (age 19) at ST JOHN'S, Apr. 22, 1775. S. of Edward, draper, of Norwich. B. there. School, Wymondham. ' Matric. Michs. 1775; Scholar, 1778; B.A. (14th Wrangler) 1779; M.A. 1782; B.D. 1790; D.D. 1806. Fellow, 1784-93. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Feb. 28, 1779; priest, May 21, 1780; C. of Wroxham with Salhouse, Norfolk, 1779-80. C. of Forncett St Mary and St Peter, 1780-8. P.C. of St George's, Tombland, Norwich, 1788-1841. Usher at Norwich Grammar School, 1789-93. R. of Alburgh, 1793-1846, and V. of Holme-next-the-Sea with Thornham, 1796-1846. Married, Aug. 15, 1793, Charlotte, dau. of William Kirby, attorney-at-law, of Witnesham, and widow of George Meadows of Henley. In 1836 gave to the University Library the MS. collections of Adam Wall. Died May 27, 1846, aged 90, at Norwich. M.I. at Alburgh. (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 500; Clerical Guide, which gives different dates for cures; The Extraordinary Black Book, 1830, 530; H. W. Saunders.