Person: Merchant, Robert (1709 - 1773)

• Comments

  Foster: Merchant, Robert, s. William, of Bampton, Oxon, pleb. Magdalen Coll., matric. 21 Dec. 1699, aged 15; chorister 1696-1700, demy 1701-9, BA 1705, MA 1708, fellow 1709-32, BD 1716, vicar of Willoughby, co. Warwick, 1716-31, vice-president 1723, rector of Fittleton, Wilts, 1731, until his death 7 Apr. 1773, aged 91. See Bloxam, i. 124; Foster's Index Eccl.
  
  It seems probable that the 1709 and 1715 ordination records relate to the same person; but need to check Venn.

Education Events

• MA : Oxford / Magdalen

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Merchant, Robert	19/06/1709	MA	Oxford	View
  Sub	Merchant, Robertus	10/06/1715	MA		View

• BD

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Merchant, Robert	17/03/1716	BD		View
  Appt	Merchant, Robertus	31/07/1731	BD		View
  Sub	Merchant, Robert	31/07/1731	BD		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 19/06/1709 (Talbot, William/Oxford 1699-1715)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Merchant, Robert	19/06/1709	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 10/06/1715 (Smalridge, George/Bristol 1714-1719)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Sub	Merchant, Robertus	10/06/1715	priest	Ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Vicar : Willoughby (17/03/1716 - 18/12/1731 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Merchant, Robert	17/03/1716	Vicar	Admission	Willoughby/	View
  Appt	Holloway, John	18/12/1731	Vicar	Subscription on Appointment	Willoughby/	View

• Rector : Fittelton (31/07/1731 - 16/09/1773 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Merchant, Robertus	31/07/1731	Rector	Institution	Fittleton/	View
  Sub	Merchant, Robert	31/07/1731	Rector		Fittleton/	View

Death Events

• Death (16/09/1773)