Venn: Adm. sizar (age 17) at CHRIST'S, May 25, 1712. S. of William. B. at Kirkby (? Ripon, according to 'Monumental inscription.'M.I.), Yorks. School, Richmond (Mr Thomson). ' Matric. 1712; Scholar, 1713; B.A. 1715-6; M.A. 1734. Ord. deacon (York) Sept. 1717; priest, Sept. 1719; probably C. of Swineshead, Hunts., 1719. C. of Kingsthorpe, Northants., 1720. C. of Lamport, 1728. V. of Spratton, 1733-8. Married Anne, dau. of Royle Bateman, V. of Spratton, Aug. 31, 1719. Died Apr. 12, 1738, aged 45. Buried at Spratton.