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Adm. sizar (age 16) at PETERHOUSE, Nov. 6, 1745. Of Westmorland. School, Kendal. Scholar, 1745-6; ' Matric. 1746; B.A. 1749-50; M.A. 1753; B.D. 1768. Fellow, 1752. Taxor and Moderator, 1758. Proctor, 1763-4. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Dec. 1750. V. of Sawston, Cambs., 1755-7. V. of Linton, 1759. V. of Norton, Suffolk, 1775-89. J.P. for Cambs. He was nominated Master of Peterhouse, and instituted Oct. 10, 1787, but this was set aside by the King's Bench, Apr. 14, 1788. Died Nov. 10, 1789. Will (P.C.C.) 1790. (T. A. Walker, 286, 357.)