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Adm. pens. at CLARE, June 25, 1772; re-adm. Oct. 16, 1792. [S. of the Rev. William, Minor Canon of Peterborough.] B. [Aug. 20, 1754], at Sutton, Northants. ' Matric. Michs. 1773; B.A. 1777; M.A. 1780; B.D. 1793. Fellow, 1776-82. Ord. deacon (Ely) Mar. 18, 1781; priest (Peterb.) Dec. 23, 1781; C. of Islip, Northants. C. and Lecturer in Surrey, for six years. R. of Etton, Northants., 1786-1828. V. of Morton with Hacconby, Lincs., 1795-1841. V. of Thorpe St Peter, 1834-8. Married, May, 1782, Elizabeth, dau. of John Portington, of Northants. J.P. for Kesteven and the Liberty of Peterborough for about 30 years. An assiduous priest and devoted to his flock; every Sunday two poor men, in rotation through the parish, dined at Morton vicarage. Author, Sermons and Essays. Died July 17, 1841, at Morton. A plate of his M.I. (designed by Pugin) appears in G. Mag., 1842, I. 266. Father of John (1814). (Northants. Clergy (Samuel Edward); Foster, Index Eccles.; Clergy List; Cant. Act Bk.; Monson, Lincs. Church Notes; G. Mag., 1841, II. 549.)