Person: Wollaston, Francis (1754 - 1816)

• Comments

  In VENN as FRANCIS
  Adm. pens. (age 16) at SIDNEY, June 18, 1748. S. and h. of Francis (1712), gent. B. Nov. 23, 1731, in London. School, London (private). ' Matric. 1748-9; LL.B. 1754. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 24, 1750. Ord. deacon. 1754; priest (Chester) Dec. 21, 1755. R. of Dengie, Essex, 1758. R. and V. of East Dereham, Norfolk, 1761-9. R. of Chislehurst, Kent. 1769-1815. F.R.S., 1769. Precentor of St Davids, 1777. R. of St Vedast, Foster Lane, and St Michael-le-Querne, London, 1779-1815. Married Althea, dau. of John Hyde, May 11, 1758. Author, astronomical, etc. Buried Nov. 7, 1815, at Chislehurst. M.I. Brother of Charlton (1748). (Burke, L.G.; D.N.B.; H. G. Harrison.)
  
  Fielding (1910) records MI: 'it begins in Hebrew, with which we will not trouble the reader, then in Latin: Creatori Redemptori Numini adstanti semper et propitio cui studium omne dum vita fuitcenotaphum hoc in aedes sacrae penetrali animi per quam grati et spe Christiani exultantis memor dicatum voluit. Francis Wollaston Fra. fil. Guil nep hujus ecclesiae ab anno 1769 ad 1815 rector.'
  
  SEE OXFORD DNB: Wollaston, Francis (1731–1815), author and astronomer

Education Events

• LLB : Cambridge / Sidney

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Wollaston, Francis	22/12/1754	LLB	Cambridge	View
  Ord	Wollaston, Francis	21/12/1755	LLB	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	11/07/1758	LLB		View
  Sub	Wollaston, Francis	11/07/1758	LLB		View
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	03/06/1761	LLB		View
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	03/06/1761	LLB		View
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	03/06/1761	LLB		View
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	03/06/1761	LLB		View
  Appt	Wollaston, Charles	04/08/1769	LLB		View
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	27/06/1774	LLB		View
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	03/04/1777	LLB		View
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	03/04/1777	LLB		View
  Sub	Wollaston, Francis	03/04/1777	LLB		View
  Sub	Wollaston, Francis	03/04/1777	LLB		View
  Disp	Wollaston, Francis	31/03/1779	LLB	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	13/04/1779	LLB		View
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	04/02/1784	LLB		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 22/12/1754 (Cornwallis, Frederick/Coventry & Lichfield 1750-1768)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Wollaston, Francis	22/12/1754	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 21/12/1755 (Keene, Edmund/Chester 1752-1771)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Wollaston, Francis	21/12/1755	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Rector : Dengie (11/07/1758 - 18/06/1761 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	11/07/1758	Rector	Institution	Dengy/	View
  Sub	Wollaston, Francis	11/07/1758	Rector		Dengey/	View
  Vac	Wollaston, Francis	18/06/1761	Rector	cession	Dengey/	View

• Vicar : West Dereham (03/06/1761 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	03/06/1761	Vicar	Institution	West Dearham with the Chappel of Hoo annexed/	View

• Rector : East Dereham (03/06/1761 - 02/12/1815 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	03/06/1761	Rector	Institution	East Dearham/	View
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	03/06/1761	Rector	Institution	East Dearham/	View
  Vac	Wollaston, Francis	02/12/1815	sinecure rector	Death	East Dereham/	View

• Vicar : East Dereham (03/06/1761 - 31/10/1769 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	03/06/1761	Vicar	Institution	East Dearham/	View
  Vac	Wollaston, Francis	31/10/1769	Vicar	cession	East Dereham with the Chapel of Hoo/	View

• Rector : Chislehurst (04/08/1769 - 25/11/1815 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Wollaston, Charles	04/08/1769	Rector	Collation	Chislehurst/	View
  Vac	Wollaston, Francis	15/11/1815	Rector	Death	Chislehurst/	View
  Vac	Woolaston, Francis	25/11/1815	Rector	Death	Chislehurst/	View

• domestic chaplain : Yorke, James (1730-1808), bishop of St David's, bishop of Gloucester, bishop of Ely (27/06/1774 - 04/02/1784 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	27/06/1774	domestic chaplain	Appointment	James Yorke, Bishop of St. Davids/	View
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	04/02/1784	domestic chaplain	revocation	James Yorke, Bishop of Ely/	View
  Appt	Wollaston,	07/02/1784	Chaplain	revocation	/	View

• Precentor : St David's Cathedral, Precentor (03/04/1777 - 02/02/1816 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	03/04/1777	Precentor	Institution	Cathedral Church of Saint Davids/	View
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	03/04/1777	Prebendary	Institution	Cathedral Church of Saint Davids/Llanbeder Pont Steven	View
  Sub	Wollaston, Francis	03/04/1777	Precentor		Cathedral Church of St David's/	View
  Vac	Wollaston, Francis	02/02/1816	Prebendary	natural death	Cathedral Church of St Davids/Llanbederpontstephan	View
  Vac	Wollaston, Francis	02/02/1816	Precentor	natural death	Cathedral Church of St Davids/	View

• Rector : St Vedast Foster Lane with St Michael-le-Querne (13/04/1779 - 15/11/1815 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Wollaston, Francis	13/04/1779	Rector	Institution	London, St Michael Le Querne ann. & united to church of St Vedast als. Foster Lane/	View
  Vac	Wollaston, Francis	15/11/1815	Rector	Death	London, St Michael Le Querne/	View
  Vac	Wollaston, Francis	15/11/1815	Rector	Death	London, St Vedast, Foster Lane/	View

Death Events

• Death (15/11/1815)

  Name	Date	Cause	Type	Full Record
  Wollaston, Francis	15/11/1815	Death	Vac	View
  Wollaston, Francis	15/11/1815	Death	Vac	View
  Wollaston, Francis	15/11/1815	Death	Vac	View
  Woolaston, Francis	25/11/1815	Death	Vac	View
  Wollaston, Francis	02/12/1815	Death	Vac	View
  Wollaston, Francis	02/02/1816	natural death	Vac	View
  Wollaston, Francis	02/02/1816	natural death	Vac	View