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Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, June 18, 1779. Of Leicestershire. ' Matric. Michs. 1779; B.A. 1783. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) 1782; priest (Lichfield) 1784; C. of Walton-on-the-Wolds, Leics., 1782. C. of Kingsley, Staffs., 1784. See the next entry. Two William Eddowes were admitted to St John's College on the same day and both took Holy Orders. It seems impossible with any certainty to distinguish between the two after ordination. (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 234.)
Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, June 18, 1779; pens. Dec. 9, 1782. Of Staffordshire. S. of William, of Stallington [and Mary Edwards]. B. Sept. 23, 1759. Bapt. Sept. 30. ' Matric. Michs. 1779; B.A. 1783. Ord. deacon (Ely) May 26, 1782; priest (Lichfield) 1785; C. of Long Stanton St Michael's, Cambs., 1782-5. C. of Alveton (Alton), Staffs., 1785. Either this man or the above was V. of Carswell (Caverswall), Staffs., 1805-24 and father of Walter (1810). (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 233; Parish Reg. of Stone, Staffs.; Foster, Index Eccles.)