Person: Clay, Benjamin (1786 - 1831)

• Comments

  VENN
  Adm. pens. (age 16) at ST JOHN'S, Apr. 10, 1780. S. of William, attorney-at-law. B. at Southwell, Notts. School, Southwell (Mr R. Barrow). ' Matric. Michs. 1780; Scholar, 1780; B.A. 1784; M.A. 1787. Fellow, 1784-92. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Sept. 24, 1786; priest (York) Oct. 14, 1787; R. of Hockerton, Notts., 1787-1851. R. of East Worlington, Devon, 1796-1851. Married Jennetta, dau. of the Rev. Castel Sherard, of Huntingdon, Oct. 20, 1791. Died Dec. 7, 1851, aged 88, at Torquay. Father of the next and Pelham F. (1815). (St John's Coll. Adm., IV.)

Education Events

• BA : Cambridge / St John's

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Clay, Benjamin	24/09/1786	BA	Cambridge	View

• MA : Cambridge / St John's

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Clay, Benjamin	14/10/1787	MA		View
  Ord	Clay, Benjamin	14/10/1787	MA	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Clay, Benjamin	09/07/1796	MA		View
  Appt	Clay, Benjamin	20/09/1831	MA		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 24/09/1786 (Thurlow, Thomas/Lincoln 1779-1787)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Clay, Benjamin	24/09/1786	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 14/10/1787 (Markham, William/York 1777-1807)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Clay, Benjamin	14/10/1787	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Rector : Hockerton (14/10/1787 - 09/07/1796 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Clay, Benjamin	14/10/1787	Rector	Institution	Hockerton/	View
  Appt	Clay, Benjamin	09/07/1796	Rector	Institution	Hockerton/	View
  Vac	Clay, Benjamin	09/07/1796	Rector	cession	Hockerton/	View

• Curate : West Worlington (14/12/1814 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Clay, Benjamin	14/12/1814	Curate	Licensing	West Worlington/	View

• Stipendiary Curate : West Worlington (20/09/1831 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Clay, Benjamin	20/09/1831	Stipendiary Curate	Licensing	West Worlington/	View