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Adm. pens. (age 16) at TRINITY, Dec. 18, 1787. S. of John, of Cockermouth, Cumberland. School, Hawkshead, Lancs. ' Matric. Michs. 1788; Scholar, 1790; B.A. (10th Wrangler) 1792; M.A. 1795. Fellow, 1794. V. of Blyth, Notts., 1813-30. Preb. of Southwell, 1827-34. R. of Waltham, Lincs., 1830-4. He had the privilege of enjoying the favourable regard of his diocesan, Dr Venables Vernon, Archbishop of York, who conferred upon him the Mastership of the hospital of St Mary Magdalene, Bawtry, and a stall at Southwell. Married, 1813, , 2nd dau. of the Very Rev. Dr Ferris, Dean of Bath. Died July 8, 1834; buried at Blyth. (Assoc. Arch. Soc. Reports, etc., 1880, 160; P. B. G. Binnall; Foster, Index Eccles.; C. R. Hudleston; Cant. Act Book.)