Foster: son of John of Sidmouth, Devon, pleb., ST EDMUND HALL; matric. 2 Dec. 1801 aged 22; BA 1805; MA 1808; BD 1815; DD 1818; R of Woodchester, Gloucs 1833 until his death 30 June 1857
Fisher's "Stroud" pp. 281 show him as appointed (assistant)curate of Stroud 18 Apr. 1805, remaining there until 1833; his family monument/ tomb is in Stroud churchyard. He and his wife, Elizabeth, had nine children.