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Adm. pens. (age 19) at ST JOHN'S, June 1, 1734. S. of Thomas, gent., of Skellands, Kirkby Malhamdale, Yorks. B. there. Bapt. Apr. 5, 1716, at Skellands. School, Ripon (Mr Stephens). ' Matric. 1734; B.A. 1737-8; M.A. 1741; D.D. 1771. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Dec. 24, 1738; priest, June 1, 1740. V. of Clitheroe and Downham, Lancs., 1743-50. Chaplain to the House of Commons, 1771-4. R. of St Mary, Guildford, 1772-4. R. of Dunsfold, 1774-6. Canon of Windsor, 1774-6. Dean of Raphoe, 1776-95. Died at Woodstock, Apr. 24, 1795. Buried there. M.I. Will, P.C.C. There was an Oxford contemporary, also D.D. (Scott-Mayor, III. 453; Burke, L.G.)