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Foster: son of Charles of Dursley, Gloucs., gent., CHRIST CHURCH matric. 5 Apr. 1770 aged 19; BA 1773; MA 1776; R of Lashborough, Gloucs. 1778 and of Harescombe with Pitchcombe 1791-1804; of Hawkeswell, Essex 1791 until his death 28 Mar. 1843; father of John C.
G. Mag of 1843 confirms his death after being R of Hawkwell (Hawkwell the more normal name of the parish) for 52 years from 1791, presented in 1791 by the patron. The 1789 institution is recorded in "The History of Rochford Hundred" of 1867 "according to the registry of the Bishop of London" - institution on 13 June 1789, which was the year he left Lashborough, Gloucs. For some reason cession and second institution in 1791. He had become tutor to the patron of Hawkwell's sons. (archive.org/stream accessed 29/7/2014).
The man ordained deacon Aug. 1776 is said from the same history to be this man also, ordained priest and deacon in Abergwilly by Bp. of St David's.