VENN: Adm. sizar aged 16 at MAGDALENE 16 Oct. 1785; only son of George (farmer) of Middleton near Pickering, Yorks. (Born 11 June 1769 at Maisthorpe, Yorks). School Kingston upon Hull. Matric. Michs 1786; Migrated to TRNITY HALL 6 Nov. 1787; scholar; Browne medal 1787; BA (3rd Wrangler and 2nd Smith's prize) 1790; Chancellor's Classical Medal 1790; MA 1793; Seatonian prize 1794, 1800, 1811, 1812; Adm. TRINITY 1794 (date unrecorded in Adm. Reg.) The Fellowship in Divinity at Trinity Hall, for which he had applied, was awarded to Rev. John Vickers, who was not a member of the College - "This unexpected rebuff was deeply mortifying to Wrangham, and caused no little excitement at Cambridge". Wrangham's appeal to the Chancellor failed. Curate of Cobham, Surrey 1794-5; V of Hunmanby with Muston, Yorks. 1795-1842, and V of Folkton 1795-1821; FRS 1804; Archdeacon of Cleveland 1820-8; of the East Riding of Yorkshire 1828-40; V of Thorpe Bassett 1821-7; Prebendary of York 1823; R of Dodleston, Cheshire and prebendary of Chester 1827-42. An ardent book collector and a friend of William Wordsworth. Supposed to have had republican principles. Married 1). 7 Apr. 1799 Agnes, 5th dau. of Col. Ralph Creighe of Muston, Yorks; 2.) 1801 Dorothy, 2nd dau. of Rev. Digby Caley of Yorkshire and had issue. Author of Poems, Sermons etc. Died 27 Dec. 1842 at Chester. Left large collection of pamphlets to Trinity; father of George W. (1825) (ID 124405); see Gunning II, 16-37; DNB; Michael Sadleir "Things Past."
Type | Name | Date | Qualification | University | Full Record |
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Appt | Wrangham, Francis | 07/07/1793 | MA | View | |
Appt | Wrangham, Francis | 07/07/1793 | MA | View | |
Ord | Wrangham, Francis | 07/07/1793 | MA | Cambridge | View |
Ord | Wrangham, Francis | 19/02/1796 | MA | Cambridge | View |
Appt | Wrangham, Francis | 21/02/1796 | MA | View | |
Appt | Wrangham, Francis | 21/02/1796 | MA | View | |
Ord | Wrangham, Francis | 21/02/1796 | MA | Cambridge | View |
Disp | Wrangham, Francis | 15/03/1796 | MA | Cambridge | View |
Appt | Wrangham, Francis | 19/03/1796 | MA | View | |
Appt | Wrangham, Francis | 12/08/1814 | MA | View | |
Disp | Wrangham, Francis | 16/03/1820 | MA | Cambridge | View |
Appt | Wrangham, Francis | 28/06/1820 | MA | View | |
Appt | Wrangham, Francis | 12/12/1823 | MA | View | |
Appt | Wrangham, Francis | 00/00/1825 | MA | View | |
Appt | Wrangham, Francis | 03/12/1827 | MA | View | |
Appt | Wrangham, Francis | 28/04/1828 | MA | View | |
Appt | Wrangham, Francis | 02/10/1828 | MA | View |
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Ord | Wrangham, Francis | 07/07/1793 | deacon | ordination | View |
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Appt | Wrangham, Francis | 07/07/1793 | Curate | Licensing | Frodingham/ | View |
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Appt | Wrangham, Francis | 07/07/1793 | Curate | Licensing | Catwick/ | View |
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Appt | Wrangham, Francis | 12/08/1814 | domestic chaplain | Appointment | Edward Venables Vernon, Archbishop of York/ | View |
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Appt | Wrangham, Francis | 12/12/1823 | Canon | Collation | York Cathedral/Canonry and Prebend of Ampleforth | View |
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Appt | Wrangham, Francis | 03/12/1827 | Rector | Institution | Dodleston/ | View |
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Appt | Wrangham, Francis | 02/10/1828 | Archdeacon | Collation | Archdeaconry of the East Riding/ | View |