Venn: Adm. sizar (age 14) at ST JOHN'S, Jan. 26, 1671-2. B. at Kilham, Yorks. School, Kilham. ' Matric. 1672; B.A. 1675-6; M.A. 1679. Ord. priest (York) Dec. 1680. V. of Owthorne, Yorks., 1680-1708. Murdered by his servant Adam Alvin with the connivance of his two nieces who lived with him, in 1708. For an account of the tragedy see Poulson, Holderness, II. 406.