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Adm. sizar (age 19) at CHRIST'S, July 1, 1752. S. of Thomas (1711) [Head Master of Bingley School]. B. at Otley, Yorks. School[s], Bingley (his father) [and Wakefield Grammar School]. ' Matric. Michs. 1752; Scholar, 1752; B.A. 1756; M.A. 1759. Fellow, 1761-78. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Mar. 1756; priest (Peterb. for York) Sept. 24, 1757; C. of Holme, Norfolk. P.C. of Idle, Yorks., 1761. Master of Bingley School, 1765-85. V. of Bourn, Cambs., 1773-8. R. of Hardwicke and of Toft, 1777-85. Died suddenly at Bingley, unmarried, July, 1785, aged 51. (Peile, II. 258; Cant. Act Bk.; Northants. Clergy; Hist. of Wakefield Gr. Sch. (which states that he became a clergyman at Scarborough); G. Mag., 1785, I. 573.)