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Adm. sizar (age 19) at MAGDALENE, June 22, 1779. S. of the Rev. John, V. of Sherburn-with-Fenton, Yorks. [B. Feb. 19, 1760, at Swillington, near Leeds.] School, Leeds. ' Matric. Lent, 1780; B.A. 1783; M.A. 1791. Ord. deacon, 1783; C. of Norton-by-Galby, Leics. C. of Ravenstone, Derbs. C. of St Mary's, Leicester. Head Master of Wakefield Grammar School, 1795-1814. Chaplain to the West Riding Home of Correction, 1801-32. Evening Lecturer at Wakefield Parish Church, 1801-32. His Sunday evening lectures were thronged and raised the tone of the neighbourhood, where religious feeling had long been stagnant. Married, 1785, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Long, of Norton, Leics., and had issue. Died Feb. 14, 1832, at Wakefield. Author, Lectures on the liturgy of the Church of England. Father of the next. (D.N.B.; G. Mag., 1832, I. 283; Peacock, History of Wakefield Grammar School.)
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Ord | Rogers, Thomas | 15/06/1783 | deacon | ordination | View |
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Ord | Rogers, Thomas | 19/12/1784 | priest | ordination | View |
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Appt | Rogers, Thomas | 17/06/1783 | Curate | Licensing | Norton by Galby/ | View |
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Appt | Rogers, Thomas | 05/07/1791 | Stipendiary Curate | Licensing | Ravenstone/ | View |
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Appt | Rogers, Thomas | 29/03/1796 | Lecturer | Licensing | Wakefield St John's/ | View |
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Appt | Rogers, Thomas | 29/03/1796 | Schoolmaster | Licensing | Wakefield Free Grammar School/ | View |
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Appt | Rogers, Thomas | 16/07/1801 | evening lecturer | Licensing | Wakefield Parish Church/ | View |