Comments
One poss in Venn:
Adm. sizar (age 19) at ST JOHN'S, Nov. 1, 1739. S. of William, clerk, of Wimborne, Dorset. B. at Wimborne. School, Eton. Colleger, 1733-9. ' Matric. 1739; B.A. 1743-4. Ord. priest (Norwich, Litt. dim. from Winchester) Mar. 1747-8. Perhaps R. of Gt Kington, Dorset, 1749-61. One of these names R. of Norton, Kent, 1765-7. R. of Southfleet, 1767-78. R. of Longfield, 1774-5. Six-preacher, Canterbury. Died Oct. 6, 1778. Buried at Bromley. But see Al. Oxon. for a contemporary.
In Foster
s Benjamin of Cowley, Mssx cler; NEW matr 16/4/1741 asged 17; BA 1745
Fielding (1910) identifies alternative spellings Derby/Darby: also notes buried at Bromley and Six Preacher at Canterbury
But neither MA?