Person: Close, Israel (1739 - 1771)

• Comments

  VENN
  Adm. pens. (age 20) at ST JOHN'S, May 24, 1735. S. of William, attorney-at-law, of Lincs. B. at Boston. School, Boston. Matric. 1735; B.A. 1738-9. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Mar. 18, 1738-9; priest, May 27, 1742. R. of Beesby, Lincs., 1742-71. (Scott-Mayor, III. 466.)
  Close was convicted at the Lincolnshire Assizes in 1763 of 'a Sodomitical Attempt, for which he stood in the Pillory'. See Robert G. Ingram 'Religion, Reform and Modernity in the Eighteenth Century: Thomas Secker and the Church of England' (2007) p.130
  

Education Events

• BA

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Close, Israel	27/05/1742	BA		View

• : Cambridge / St John's (18/03/1739)

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Close, Israel	18/03/1739		Cambridge	View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 18/03/1739 (Reynolds, Richard/Lincoln 1723-1744)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Close, Israel	18/03/1739	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 27/05/1742 (Reynolds, Richard/Lincoln 1723-1744)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Close, Israel	27/05/1742	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Rector : Laughton (27/05/1742 - 10/05/1754 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Close, Israel	27/05/1742	Rector	Institution	Laughton/	View
  Appt	Major, William	10/05/1754	Rector	Institution	Laughton/	View

• Curate : Markby (17/06/1771 - 17/06/1771 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Vac	Close, Israel	17/06/1771	Curate	Death	Markby/	View

Death Events

• Death (17/06/1771)

  Name	Date	Cause	Type	Full Record
  Close, Israel	17/06/1771	Death	Vac	View