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Adm. pens. (age 17) at TRINITY, July 29, 1726. 4th s. of James, of Normanton, Yorks. Bapt. there, June 12, 1708. School, Wakefield, Yorks. (Mr Wilson). ' Matric. 1727; Scholar, 1728; B.A. 1730-1; M.A. 1734; D.D. 1746. Fellow, 1733. Incorp. at Oxford, 1734. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Mar. 14, 1730-1; priest, Dec. 19, 1736. R. of Houghton, Hunts., 1748-77. Preb. of Lincoln, 1755-77. Married the widow Bridge, eldest dau. of Dr Richard Bentley. Died Sept. 25, 1777. Buried at Normanton, Yorks. M.I. Will (P.C.C.). (F.M.G., 909.)