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VENN: Adm. at KING'S (age 17) a scholar from Eton, Aug. 11, 1619. Of Astbury, Cheshire. S. of William, of Moreton. ' Matric. 1619; B.A. 1622/3; M.A. 1626. Fellow, 1622-31. Incorp. at Oxford, 1626. D.D. (Oxford) 1636. V. of Grinton, Yorks., 1634-7. R. of Barrow, Cheshire, 1637-9. R. of Tattenhall, 1637; of Sefton, Lancs., 1639; ejected from the last two, 1645; restored, 1660. Preb. of Chester, 1637, ejected but restored. Died Feb. 28, 1674/5, aged 76. Buried at Sefton. 'Monumental inscription.'M.I. Brother of John (1614) and Peter (1619), father of William (1668). (Al. Oxon.; Vis. of Cheshire; E. Axon; D.N.B.)
Moreton was instituted to Tattenhall in 1637 not 1636 as recorded below, in an exhibit book compiled after the Restoration.
Collated to 6th prebend of Chester Cathedral, 13.x.37: Fasti Revised, xi. 56.
SEE OXFORD DNB: Edward Moreton (c.15991675), Church of England clergyman