Person: Mason, William (1754 - 1797)

• Comments

  VENN: Adm. pens. (age 17) at ST JOHN'S, July 1, 1742. 1st s. of William (above), clerk, Yorks. (by his first wife). B. at Hull, Feb. 23, 1724-5. School, Hull (Mr Blyth). ' Matric. 1742; Scholar; B.A. 1745-6; M.A. from Pembroke, 1749. Fellow of Pembroke, 1747. Ord. deacon (Chester) Nov. 17; priest, Nov. 24, 1754. R. of Aston, Yorks., 1754-97. Preb. of York, 1756-62; Precentor and canon residentiary, 1762-97. Chaplain to the King, 1757-72. R. of Langton-on-Swale, Yorks., 1777-97. Chaplain to Lord Holderness and King George II. Corresponded with Horace Walpole. Composed church music. Author, poetical. Friend and biographer of Gray. Married Mary, dau. of William Sherman, of Hull, Feb. 25, 1765. Died Apr. 5, 1797. M.I. at Aston and in Westminster Abbey and York Minster. Will, P.C.C. (Scott-Mayor, III. 531; D.N.B.; A. B. Beaven.)
  
  SEE OXFORD DNB: Mason, William (1725–1797), poet and garden designer

Education Events

• MA

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Mason, William	17/11/1754	MA		View
  Ord	Mason, William	24/11/1754	MA		View
  Appt	Mason, William	00/12/1754	MA		View
  Appt	Mason, William	06/12/1756	MA		View
  Appt	Mason, William	11/02/1762	MA		View
  Appt	Mason, William	11/02/1762	MA		View
  Appt	Mason, William	17/12/1777	MA		View
  Appt	Mason, William	19/12/1777	MA		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 17/11/1754 (Keene, Edmund/Chester 1752-1771)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Mason, William	17/11/1754	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 24/11/1754 (Keene, Edmund/Chester 1752-1771)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Mason, William	24/11/1754	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Rector : Aston cum Aughton (27/11/1754 - 30/05/1797 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Mason, William	27/11/1754	Rector	Institution	Aston/	View
  Appt	Mason, William	19/12/1777	Rector	Institution	Aston/	View
  Vac	Mason, William	19/12/1777	Rector	cession	Aston/	View
  Vac	Mason, William	30/05/1797	Rector	Death	Aston/	View

• Chaplain : Darcy, Robert, 4th earl of Holderness (1718-1778) (00/12/1754 - 00/12/1754 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Mason, William	00/12/1754	Chaplain	Appointment	Robert, Earl of Holdernesse/	View
  Appt	Mason, William	00/12/1754	Chaplain	Appointment	Robert, Earl of Holdernesse/	View

• Canon : York Minster, Prebend of Holme (Archiepiscopi) (06/12/1756 - 01/03/1762 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Mason, William	06/12/1756	Canon	Collation	York St Peter's/Canonry of Holme	View
  Appt	Mason, William	26/02/1762	Prebendary	Resignation	York St Peter's/Prebend of Holme	View
  Vac	Mason, William	01/03/1762	Prebendary	resignation	York St Peter's/Canonry and Prebend of Holme	View

• Canon : York Minster, Prebend of Driffield (11/02/1762 - 25/05/1797 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Mason, William	11/02/1762	Canon	Institution	York St Peter's/Canonry of Driffield	View
  Vac	Mason, William	25/05/1797	Precentor	Death	York Minster/Prebend of Driffield	View

• Precentor : York Minster, Precentor of York Minster (11/02/1762 - 27/05/1797 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Mason, William	11/02/1762	Precentor	Institution	York St Peter/	View
  Vac	Mason, William	27/05/1797	Precentor	Death	York Minster/	View

• Rector : Langton upon Swale (17/12/1777 - 20/12/1793 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Mason, William	17/12/1777	Rector	Institution	Langton on Swale/	View
  Vac	Mason, William	20/12/1793	Rector	cession	Langton on Swale/	View

Death Events

• Death (25/05/1797)

  Name	Date	Cause	Type	Full Record
  Mason, William	25/05/1797	Death	Vac	View
  Mason, William	27/05/1797	Death	Vac	View
  Mason, William	30/05/1797	Death	Vac	View