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Adm. sizar (age 15) at CAIUS, Oct. 9, 1747. S. of George (1719), R. of Southacre, Norfolk. B. at Stowmarket, Suffolk. School, Swaffham (Mr Ri. Hest and Quartus Hest). Scholar, 1747-55; ' Matric. 1748; B.A. 1751; M.A. 1763; D.D. (Oxford) 1771. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Dec. 22, 1754; priest (Ely) Sept. 19, 1756. V. of Little Barwick, Norfolk, 1760-4. Chaplain at St Petersburg, 1764. R. of Wormley, Herts., 1783-7. Preacher at Spring Garden Chapel, London. F.R.S. and F.S.A., 1771. Married, at Greenwich, Aug. 1776, Jane Hyde, of Blackheath. Author, miscellaneous. Died in London, Nov. 3, 1787. Buried at Wormley. Will, P.C.C. (D.N.B.; Venn, II. 60; F. Burney, Diary, 1772.)