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In Foster
S Fran of Newport Monmouth, cler; JESUS m 15/3/1724/5 aged 17; BA 1728, MA from CHRISTS CAM 1740, preacher Duke St Westminster, preb of St Pauls 1757 to d 1781.
In VENN
M.A. from CORPUS CHRISTI, 1740. S. of Francis (above), of Newport, Monmouth. ' Matric. (Jesus College, Oxford) Mar. 15, 1724-5, age 17; B.A. (Oxford) 1728; D.D. (Lambeth). Ord. priest (Llandaff) Mar. 5, 1731-2. Chaplain to Bishop Watson, of Llandaff. F.S.A., 1752. R. of Whitsun, Monmouth, till 1756. V. of Christchurch, till 1756. Preb. of St Paul's, 1757-81. Preb. of Lincoln, 1758-81. R. of Stoke Hamon, Bucks., 1776-81. Author, antiquarian. Died June 30, 1781. Buried at Stoke Hamon. (Al. Oxon.; G. Mag.; Hennessey; D.N.B.; Lipscomb, IV. 362.)
Wiliam Cole: comported himself 'with an Inveteracy, Acrimony, Peevishness and Ill Manners equal, of not superior, to anything in [Bp Warburton's] own style.' Quoted by Guy