Person: Merest, John William Drage (1824 - 1834)

• Comments

  Venn: Adm. pens. ST JOHN'S 5 July 1806; re-adm. Fell.-Com. 27 Oct. 1807; younger son of James, Esq. of Soham, Cambs; born there June 1789; school Bury St Edmunds; re-adm. as 10 year man 12 June 1824. Matric. Michs. 1807. MP for Ilchester 1818-20; ord. priest (Gloucester) 19 Sep. 1824; BD Lambeth 1834; Domestic Chaplain to Duke of Grafton (p. 394) and to Duke of Cleveland 1842; V of Staindrop and R of Cockfield, Durham 1829-46; PC Darlington 1830; V of Stottesdon, Salop. 1846; R of Wem 1846-73. Married, 1819, Susannah Jenkin of Bury St Edmunds; died 1 Oct. 1873 aged 84 at Wem rectory. Brother of James Drage (1808). (WR Williams MSS; Bury St Edmunds School Reg.; PE Towell 'Members of Parliament' 1897.)

Education Events

• lit. : Cambridge / St. John`s

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Sub	Merest, John William	08/08/1824	lit.		View
  Sub	Merest, John William Drage	18/09/1824	lit.	Cambridge	View
  Ord	Merest, John William Drago	19/09/1824	lit.	Cambridge	View

• BD : Lambeth (07/06/1834)

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Merest, John William Drage	07/06/1834	BD	Lambeth	View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 08/08/1824 (Kaye, John/Bristol 1820-1827)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Merest, John William Drage	08/08/1824	deacon	ordination	View
  Sub	Merest, John William	08/08/1824	deacon	Ordination	View

• priest : 19/09/1824 (Bethell, Christopher/Gloucester 1824-1830)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Sub	Merest, John William Drage	18/09/1824	priest	Ordination	View
  Ord	Merest, John William Drago	19/09/1824	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Rector : Cockfield with Staindrop (04/04/1829 - 09/12/1830 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Meresh, John William Drage	04/04/1829	Rector	Presentation	Cockfield with Vicarage Staindrop annexed/	View
  Appt	Merest, John William Drage	05/06/1829	Rector	Subscription on Appointment	Cockfield/	View
  Appt	Meresh, John William Drage	09/12/1830	Rector	Presentation	Cockfield with the Vicarage of Staindrop annexed/	View
  Appt	Meresh, John William Drage	09/12/1830	Rector	Presentation	Cockfield with the Vicarage of Staindrop annexed/	View

• Perpetual Curate : Darlington (22/11/1830 - 10/12/1830 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Meresh, John William Drage	22/11/1830	Perpetual Curate	Nomination	Darlington/	View
  Appt	Merest, J. W. D.	10/12/1830	Perpetual Curate	Subscription on Appointment	Darlington/	View
  Appt	Merest, J. W. D.	10/12/1830	Perpetual Curate	Subscription on Appointment	Darlington/	View