Person: Gaunt, John (1760 - 1818)

• Comments

  VENN
  Adm. sizar at CORPUS CHRISTI, June 28, 1756. Of Staffordshire. B. Nov. 1737. [One of 16 children of John, of Rowley-Regis, by Alice Willets.] Matric. Michs. 1756; Scholar, 1758; B.A. 1760; M.A. 1767; D.D. 1792. Had a share in the playhouse in New Street, Birmingham. Lecturer of St Martin's and a Master at King Edward's School, Birmingham. R. of Higham-on-the-Hill, Leics., in 1788. Married Elizabeth Dyer, grand-daughter of John Dyer, the poet. Died Mar. 21, 1797. M.I. in the parish chapel of St Marylebone, London. Father of John (CCE11182). (C. S. James; Misc. Gen. et Her., 3rd S., I. 240.)

Education Events

• BA : Cambridge / Corpus Christi College

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Sub	Gaunt, John	24/06/1760	BA	Cambridge	View
  Sub	Gaunt, John	24/06/1760	BA		View
  Sub	Gaunt, John	06/06/1762	BA	Cambridge	View

• MA

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Sub	Gaunt, John	07/08/1767	MA		View
  Appt	Gaunt, John	04/01/1772	MA		View
  Sub	Gaunt, John	04/01/1772	MA		View
  Appt	Gaunt, John	07/05/1788	MA		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 24/06/1760 (Johnson, James/Worcester 1759-1774)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Sub	Gaunt, John	24/06/1760	deacon	Ordination	View

• priest : 06/06/1762 (Johnson, James/Worcester 1759-1774)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Sub	Gaunt, John	06/06/1762	priest	Ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Curate : Clent (24/06/1760 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Sub	Gaunt, John	24/06/1760	Curate		Clent/	View

• Lecturer : Birmingham St Martin (07/08/1767 - 08/12/1785 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Sub	Gaunt, John	07/08/1767	Lecturer		Birmingham St Martin/	View
  Appt	Clutton, John	08/12/1785	Lecturer	Licensing	St Martin, Birmingham/	View

• usher : King Edward VI Grammar School, Birmingham (04/01/1772 - 26/09/1787 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Gaunt, John	04/01/1772	usher	Licensing	Birmingham King Edward VI Free Grammar School/	View
  Vac	Gaunt, John	26/09/1787	usher	resignation	Birmingham School/	View

• second master : King Edward VI Grammar School, Birmingham (04/01/1772 - 08/06/1818 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Sub	Gaunt, John	04/01/1772	second master		Birmingham Free Grammar School/	View
  Appt	Kennedy, Rann	08/06/1818	second master	Licensing	Birmingham King Edward VI School/	View

• Rector : Higham on the hill (07/05/1788 - 11/09/1792 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Gaunt, John	07/05/1788	Rector	Institution	Higham on the Hill/	View
  Appt	Gaunt, John	11/09/1792	Rector	Resignation	Higham on the Hill/	View
  Vac	Gaunt, John	11/09/1792	Rector	resignation	Higham on the Hill/	View