VENN
Adm. pens. (age 17) at MAGDALENE, May 26, 1749. S. of William, Esq. B. at Greenwich, Kent. School, Greenwich. ' Matric. 1749; B.A. 1753; M.A. 1756; D.D. 1767 ( Lit. Reg.) Fellow, 1753. Members' prize, 1755. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Sept. 22, 1754; priest, Dec. 21, 1755. Chaplain to the Princess Amelia. Preb. of Westminster, 1765. V. of St Bride's, Fleet St, London, 1776-80. V. of Christ Church, Newgate St, 1780-99. Treasurer of St Paul's, 1766. Died in Westminster, Sept. 29, 1816. Buried in Westminster Abbey. Founder of the "Bell Scholarships." Known as a writer on the theory of Population. (D.N.B.)
Victim of the highway robber Jack Rann. See www.Oldbaileyonline.org t:17741019-50
Type | Name | Date | Qualification | University | Full Record |
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Appt | Bell, William | 06/11/1766 | MA | View |
Type | Name | Date | Status | Event | Full Record |
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Ord | Bell, William | 22/09/1754 | deacon | ordination | View |
Type | Name | Date | Status | Event | Full Record |
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Ord | Bell, William | 21/12/1755 | priest | ordination | View |
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Appt | Bell, William | 13/10/1780 | Vicar | Institution | Christ Church with the Rectory of St Leonard Foste/ | View |
Appt | Bell, not given | 13/01/1800 | Vicar | Resignation | Christchurch with St Leonard Foster Lane/ | View |
Vac | Bell, William | 17/02/1800 | Vicar | resignation | Christchurch with rectory of St Leonard Foster Lan/ | View |
Name | Date | Cause | Type | Full Record |
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Bell, William | 30/10/1816 | natural death | Vac | View |