Foster: Holmes, William, s. Tho, of London, gent. St John's Coll., matric 2 July 1707, aged 18; fellow 1710, BA 1711, MA 1715, proctor 1721, BD 1722, DD 5 Mar 1724-5, president of his college 1728-48, admitted to Merchant Taylors' school 1701 (born 5 Apr 1689), vice-chancellor of the university 1732-5, regius professor of modern history 1736-42; vicar of Northleigh, Oxon, 1725-6, of Henbury, co. Gloucester, 1726, rector of Boxwell, co. Gloucester, 1728, and of Hanborough, Oxon, 1729, prebendary and dean of Exeter 1742, until his death 4 Apr 1748, aged 59. See Gutch, i, 558; Rawl., xvii, 296; Robinson, ii, 5; Foster's Index Eccl.; DNB.
Type | Name | Date | Qualification | University | Full Record |
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Ord | Holmes, William | 23/05/1714 | BA | Oxford | View |
Type | Name | Date | Qualification | University | Full Record |
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Ord | Holmes, William | 08/06/1718 | MA | Oxford | View |
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Appt | Holmes, Gulielmus | 22/09/1728 | Rector | Institution | Boxwell with Chapel of Leighterton/ | View |
Appt | Holmes, Guilielmus | 22/09/1728 | Rector | Institution | Boxwell with Leighterton Chapel annexed/ | View |
Vac | Holmes, William | 24/05/1748 | Rector | Death | Boxwell with Leighterton Chapel annexed/ | View |
Vac | Holmes, William | 24/05/1748 | Rector | natural death | Boxwell with the chapelry of Leighterton annexed/ | View |