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B.A. 1789, incorp. from Oxford; M.A. from ST JOHN'S, 1789. [Eldest s. of John, bookseller, of Fleet Street, London (and Anne, dau. of Humphrey Gregory, of Whitchurch, Salop). B. Jan. 3, 1758, in St Martin's parish, Ludgate. School, St Paul's.] Matric. from Queen's College, Oxford, Apr. 15, 1777, age 19; B.A. (Oxford) 1781. F.S.A., 1785. Ord. deacon (Oxford) June 30, 1781; priest (Lincoln, Litt. dim. from London) May 26, 1782. Afternoon Lecturer at Tavistock Chapel, 1781. C. of St Bride's, Fleet Street, 1783. Minor Canon of St Paul's, 1782-1825. V. of Heybridge, Essex, 1783-97. V. of Wakering Parva, 1788-97. Minor Canon of Westminster, 1795-1825.
Priest-in-Ordinary of the Chapel Royal, 1795. V. of Caddington, Beds., 1797-1825. R. of St George's, Botolph Lane, London, and R. of St Botolph's, Bishopsgate, 1813-25. Married (1) Sept. 4, 1787, Anne, dau. of John Nichols; (2) May 7, 1817, Anne, dau. of Robert Pickwood, of Egham, Surrey. Antiquary, amateur artist and architect. Continued work on the index and glossary to the Rolls of Parliament (which had been begun by Archdeacon John Strachey), on which he spent 30 years. Died, s.p., Apr. 5, 1825, in Fleet Street. (Al. Oxon.; St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 437; Cant. Act Book; G. Mag., 1825, I. 467; D.N.B.)