Venn: Adm. pens. (age 16) at ST JOHN'S, July 8, 1748 (according to D.N.B. he was adm. at Trinity, as Westminster scholar in 1749; but this seems an error). S. of Charles, clerk (R. of Rainham, Essex, and lecturer at St John's, Westminster). He did not come into residence, having contracted a Fleet marriage, when 17. Ord. deacon (Wells); priest (London) 1756; C. at Rainham, 1756. Succeeded his father at St John's, Westminster, 1758, for a year or two. Abandoned the clerical career, and led a busy literary life, as poet and satirist. Author, The Rosciad, and many other poetical and literary works. Died at Boulogne, Nov. 4, 1764. Buried at St Martin's, Dover.
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Sub | Churchill, Charles | 23/09/1754 | Curate | South Cadbury/Sparkford | View |