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Venn: Adm. sizar (age 17) at TRINITY, July 3, 1711; exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital, London. S. of Charles, goldsmith, of St Peter's, Westcheap, London, and of Reading, Berks. B. at Reading. School, Christ's Hospital, London. ' Matric. 1711; Scholar, 1713; B.A. 1714-5; M.A. 1718. Ord. deacon (Ely) Mar. 13, 1714-5; priest, Feb. 1718-9. Schoolmaster at Haslingfield, Cambs., 1715. Assistant Master at Wakefield School, Yorks., 1717. V. of Gt Sandal, 1719-54. J.P. for the West Riding. Married Dorothy, dau. of Gervase Norton. Died July 27, 1754. Buried at Sandal