Venn & Foster: (formerly BRETTINGHAM); son of Robert Brettingham of Norwich (city) gent., while a child took name of FRESTON in pursuance of will of his maternal uncle, William Freston. CHRIST CHURCH Oxford, matric. 26 Dec. 1775 aged 18; BA 1780; incorp. Cambridge: adm. fell.-com CLARE HALL 30 June 1783; MA 1783; ord. priest (Norwich) 25 July 1783; c. Gayton-Thorpe, Norfolk 1783; PC and patron of Needham, Norfolk 1792; R of Edgeworth, Gloucs. 1801-20 on presentation of a college friend [Thomas Westfalling of Rudhall, Herefs.] Married a Cambridge lady, widow of Thomas Hyde 1783; Author of 'Provisions for the more equal maintenance of the clergy (anon)', 'An Address to the People of England','Discourse of laws, sermons etc.'; died 25 Dec. 1819. Father of Thomas Gordon Westfaling (CCED ID); G. Mag. 1820, I, 279; Al. Oxon., Foster Ind. Eccl., & D.N.B.
Type | Name | Date | Qualification | University | Full Record |
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Ord | Freston, Anthony | 24/09/1780 | BA | Oxford | View |
Type | Name | Date | Qualification | University | Full Record |
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Ord | Freston, Anthony | 25/07/1783 | MA | Cambridge | View |
Ord | Freston, Anthony | 25/07/1783 | MA | Cambridge | View |
Appt | Freston, Anthony | 01/06/1792 | MA | View | |
Appt | Freston, Anthony | 17/09/1801 | MA | View | |
Appt | Freston, Anthony | 17/10/1801 | MA | View | |
Sub | Freston, Anthony | 07/06/1814 | MA | View |
Type | Name | Date | Status | Event | Full Record |
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Ord | Freston, Anthony | 24/09/1780 | deacon | ordination | View |
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Appt | Freston, Anthony | 17/09/1801 | Rector | Institution | Edgworth/ | View |
Appt | Freston, Anthony | 17/10/1801 | Rector | Institution | Edgworth/ | View |
Vac | Freston, Anthony | 14/01/1820 | Rector | Death | Edeworth/ | View |
Vac | Heston, Anthony | 14/01/1820 | Rector | natural death | Edgeworth/ | View |