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Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, Aug. 26, 1779. S. of Thomas, clerk, of Askham, Westmorland. School, Bampton, Westmorland (Mr Boustead). ' Matric. Michs. 1780; Scholar, 1781; B.A. (6th Wrangler) 1784; M.A. 1787. Fellow, 1785. V. of Flintham, Notts., 1804-29. Master of Flintham School. Probably R. of Lea, Lincs., 1792-5. Married Miss Margaret Smorthwaite, of Hawkshead, Lancs., Dec. 31, 1804. Died 1829, at Hawkshead. Father of the next and perhaps of John (1824). (G. Mag., 1804, II. 1241; 1829, I. 376. See Al. Oxon. for a contemporary namesake.)