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Adm. pens. at ST CATHARINE'S, Nov. 5, 1751. S. of James, V. of Trinity Church, Leeds. B. there, 1733. School, Bradford (Mr Butler). ' Matric. 1752. Migrated to Trinity, Mar. 4, 1756. Scholar, 1756; B.A. 1757: M.A. 1760; B.D. 1768; D.D. 1775. Fellow of Trinity, 1758. Lecturer at St John's Leeds, 1758-69. C. of Edmonton, 1760-1. C. of Horbury, Wakefield, 1766-74. R. of Simonburn, Northumberland, 1771-91. Retired to London. Author, political and religious, also wrote verse. Died Dec. 10, 1814. (D.N.B.)
1764 record assigned on grounds of Trinity connection