Venn: Adm. sizar (age 19) at ST JOHN'S, Apr. 15, 1736. S. of James, husbandman, of Lancashire. B. at Clifton. School, Clitheroe, Lanes. (Mr Purke). ' Matric. 1736; B.A. 1739-40. One of these names (B.A.), R. of Cowthorpe, Yorks., 1748-68. V. of Almondbury, 1767-8.
Drummond's Visitation Returns I 124. rector of Cowthorpe. Deacon June 1740 (Chester), Priest May 1741 (Chester)