Person: Sparke, John Henry (1815 - 1831)

• Comments

  VENN: Adm. pens. (age 16) at PEMBROKE, Dec. 16, 1810. Eldest s. of the Rt. Rev. Bowyer Edward (1777), Bishop of Chester (and Hester, dau. of S. Hobbs, Esq., of Henstridge, Somerset). B. [Aug. 12, 1794], at Blandford, Dorset. School, Eton. Scholar, 1810; matric. Michs. 1811; B.A. 1815; M.A. 1818. Fellow of Jesus, 1815. Ord. deacon and priest (Ely) 1818; R. of Stretham, Cambs., 1818-27. Canon of Ely, 1818. V. of Littlebury, Essex, 1818-39. R. of Cottenham, Cambs., 1819-27. R. of Leverington, 1827-70. R. of Benwell, Norfolk, 1829-31. R. of Gunthorpe, 1831-70. J.P. for Norfolk and the Isle of Ely. Chancellor of the Diocese of Ely. Married, 1825, Agnes, youngest dau. of Sir Jacob Henry Astley, Bart., of Melton Constable, Norfolk. Died Feb. 8, 1870. Father of Edward B. (1851). (The Extraordinary Black Book, 528; Walford, County Families; Clergy List; Sir W. Sterry.)
  Son of 2277 and brother of 19613.

Education Events

• BA : Cambridge / Jesus

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	09/03/1815	BA		View
  Ord	Sparke, John Henry	15/03/1818	BA	Cambridge	View

• MA : Cambridge / Jesus

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	17/08/1817	MA		View
  Ord	Sparke, John Henry	16/08/1818	MA	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	17/08/1818	MA	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	17/08/1818	MA	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	25/08/1818	MA		View
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	07/06/1819	MA		View
  Disp	Sparke, John Henry	10/06/1819	MA	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	11/06/1819	MA		View
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	11/06/1819	MA		View
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	04/03/1824	MA		View
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	07/06/1827	MA		View
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	11/10/1829	MA		View
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	14/10/1829	MA		View
  Disp	Spark, John Henry	14/09/1831	MA	Cambridge	View
  Disp	Spark, John Henry	14/09/1831	MA	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	16/09/1831	MA		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 15/03/1818 (Sparke, Bowyer Edward/Ely 1812-1836)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Sparke, John Henry	15/03/1818	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 16/08/1818 (Sparke, Bowyer Edward/Ely 1812-1836)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Sparke, John Henry	16/08/1818	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Fellow : Jesus College Cambridge (09/03/1815 - 22/06/1819 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	09/03/1815	Fellow	Collation	Jesus College, Cambridge/	View
  Vac	Sparke, John Henry	22/06/1819	not given	resignation	Jesus College, Cambridge/	View

• Canon : Ely cathedral, 6th prebend (17/08/1818 - 20/03/1824 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	17/08/1817	Prebendary	Collation	Ely cathedral/6th prebend	View
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	17/08/1818	Prebendary	Collation	Ely Cathedral/6th prebend	View
  Sub	Sparke, John Henry	18/08/1818	Canon		Ely cathedral/6th canonry	View
  Vac	Sparke, John Henry	13/03/1824	Prebendary	cession	Ely cathedral/6th prebend	View
  Vac	Sparke, John Henry	13/03/1824	Prebendary	cession	Ely Cathedral/6th prebend	View

• Rector : Stretham with Little Thetford (17/08/1818 - 07/06/1827 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	17/08/1818	Rector	Collation	Stretham, with Stretford Chapel/	View
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	07/06/1827	Rector	Resignation	Stretham/	View
  Vac	Sparke, John Henry	12/07/1827	Rector	resignation	Stretham/	View

• Rector : Littlebury (25/08/1818 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	17/08/1818	Rector	Presentation	Littlebury/	View
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	25/08/1818	Rector	Institution	Littlebury/	View

• domestic chaplain : Sparke, Bowyer Edward (1759-1836), bishop of Chester and Ely (07/06/1819 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	07/06/1819	domestic chaplain	Appointment	Bowyer Edward Sparke, Bishop of Ely/	View

• Preacher : Diocese of Ely, preacher throughout (11/06/1819 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	11/06/1819	Preacher	Licensing	Diocese of Ely/	View

• Rector : Cottenham (11/06/1819 - 07/06/1827 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	11/06/1819	Rector	Collation	Cottenham/	View
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	07/06/1827	Rector	Resignation	Cottenham/	View
  Vac	Sparke, John Henry	16/07/1827	Rector	resignation	Cottenham/	View

• Canon : Ely cathedral, 5th prebend (04/03/1824 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	04/03/1824	Prebendary	Collation	Ely cathedral/5th prebend	View
  Sub	Sparke, John Henry	05/03/1824	Canon		Ely cathedral/5th canonry	View

• Rector : Leverington (07/06/1827 - 16/10/1829 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	07/06/1827	Rector	Collation	Leverington with Parson Drove/	View
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	16/10/1829	Rector	Collation	Leverington/	View
  Vac	Sparke, John Henry	16/10/1829	Rector	cession	Leverington/	View

• Rector : Bexwell (14/10/1829 - 15/09/1831 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	11/10/1829	Rector	Presentation	Bexwell/	View
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	14/10/1829	Rector	Admission	Beckswell otherwise Bexwell/	View
  Appt	Howman, Edward John	15/09/1831	Rector	Admission	Beckswell otherwise Bexwell/	View

• domestic chaplain : Sparke, Bowyer Edward (1759-1836), bishop of Chester and Ely (14/09/1831 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Spark, John Henry	14/09/1831	domestic chaplain	in post	Bishop Sparke of Ely/	View
  Appt	Spark, John Henry	14/09/1831	domestic chaplain	in post	Bishop Sparke of Ely/	View

• Rector : Gunthorpe (16/09/1831 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Sparke, John Henry	16/09/1831	Rector	Admission	Gunthorpe with Bale/	View