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Adm. sizar (age 16) at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 14, 1765. 3rd s. of Jeremiah (1726-7), clerk, of Rutland,(CCEd ID 43512) B. Apr. 5, 1749, at Preston. School, Uppingham. ' Matric. Michs. 1768; Scholar; B.A. 1770; M.A. 1773; B.D. 1781. Fellow, 1772-88. Incorp. at Oxford, 1802; D.D. (Oxford) 1802. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) June 2, 1772; priest (London) Aug. 1, 1773. P.C. of West Molesey, Surrey, 1777-88, occupied rooms in Hampton Court Palace c. 1786 and acted as assistant C. at Hampton and East Molesey. R. of Cockfield, Suffolk, 1788-1831. V. of Stebbing, Essex, 1802-31. Married Fanny, dau. of James Neave, of Walthamstow, Essex, Aug. 6, 1788. Built a considerable part of the rectory house at Cockfield. Died s.p. Mar. 10, 1831, aged 81. Buried at Cockfield, M.I. Brother of Charles (1763). (Scott-Mayor, III. 710; Al. Oxon; Burke, L.G.; P. E. Towell.)