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Adm. pens. at CLARE, May 19, 1714. S. of William, Esq., and grandson of Thomas Woolsey, D.D. Bapt. at Olney, Bucks., June 19, 1696. ' Matric. 1715; B.A. 1717-8; M.A. 1721. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Sept. 25, 1720 (title, his estate at Sharrington, Norfolk). R. of Wilby, Northants., 1729-56. V. of Olney, 1735-53. V. of Wytham-on-the-Hill, Lincs. In 1752 he built the Manor House and enclosed the Park at Wytham. Died there Apr. 21, 1756, aged 59. M.I. at Wytham. Brother of William (1711). (Misc. Gen. et Her., N.S., II. 123; G. Mag.)