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Adm. sizar at ST. JOHN'S, Oct. 10, 1812; a Ten-year man. In Priest's Orders. A Kelso weaver, he used to study with his book on his loom. ' Matric. Michs. 1823; B.D. (Stat. Eliz.) 1824. Ord. deacon (Durham) 1811; priest, 1812. R. of Stockleigh-Pomeroy, Devon, 1830. V. of Holbeach, Lincs., 1831-65. Preb. of Lincoln Cathedral, 1831-65. J.P. for Lincs. Married, Nov. 14, 1833, Margaret, dau. of John Bruce. Author, Memoir of Dr Leyden; Monastic Annals of Teviotdale; The Semi-Saxon Legend of St Katharine of Alexandria, etc. Died July 31, 1865, aged 82. Father of Thomas (1854). (Scott, MSS.; Crockford; P. B. G. Binnall; G. Mag., 1833, II. 462.)