Person: Tunstall, James (1729 - 1762)

• Comments

  VENN: Adm. sizar (age 16) at ST JOHN'S, June 29, 1724. S. of James, attorney, of Richmondshire. B. 1708, at Aysgarth, Yorks. School, Slaidburn. ' Matric. 1724; B.A. 1727-8; M.A. 1731; B.D. 1738; D.D. 1744. Fellow, 1729-48. Public orator, 1741-6. Incorp. at Oxford, 1742. Ord. priest (Lincoln) Mar. 5, 1731-2. R. of Sturmer, Essex, 1739-46. Domestic chaplain to Archbishop Potter, 1743. Canon and treasurer of St David's, 1746. V. of Minster, Thanet, Kent, 1747. R. of Gt Chart, 1747-57. V. of Rochdale, Lancs., 1757-62. Married Elizabeth, dau. of John Dodsworth, of Thornton Watlass, Sept. 6, 1750. Classical scholar. Author, miscellaneous. Died Mar. 28, 1762. Buried at St Peter's, Cornhill, London. Will ('Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'P.C.C.) 1763. (D.N.B.; Al. Oxon.)
  
  SEE OXFORD DNB: Tunstall, James (c.1708–1762), Church of England clergyman and classical scholar.

Education Events

• BA : Cambridge / St John's

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Tunstall, Jacobus	21/12/1729	BA	Cambridge	View

• MA : Cambridge / St John's

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Tanstall, Jacobus	15/03/1733	MA	Cambridge	View

• BD

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Tunstall, James	04/12/1739	BD		View
  Sub	Tunstall, James	04/12/1739	BD		View

• DD

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Tunstall, James	21/05/1746	DD		View
  Appt	Tunstall, James	12/11/1757	DD		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 21/12/1729 (Reynolds, Richard/Lincoln 1723-1744)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Tunstall, Jacobus	21/12/1729	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 15/03/1733 (Reynolds, Richard/Lincoln 1723-1744)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Tanstall, Jacobus	15/03/1733	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Rector : Sturmer (04/12/1739 - 21/05/1746 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Tunstall, James	04/12/1739	Rector	Institution	Sturmer/	View
  Sub	Tunstall, James	04/12/1739	Rector		Sturmer/	View
  Appt	Tunstall, James	21/05/1746	Rector	Resignation	Sturmer/	View
  Vac	Tunstall,	07/07/1746	Rector	resignation	Sturmer/	View

• Vicar : Rochdale (12/11/1757 - 10/04/1762 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Tunstall, James	12/11/1757	Vicar	Institution	Rochdale/	View
  Vac	Tunstall, James	10/04/1762	Vicar	Death	Rochdale/	View

Death Events

• Death (10/04/1762)

  Name	Date	Cause	Type	Full Record
  Tunstall, James	10/04/1762	Death	Vac	View