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Venn: Adm. pens. (age 19) at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 12, 1770. S. of Samuel (1738), Preb. of Southwell. B. at Kirklington, Notts. Bapt. there 1751. School, Southwell. Chorister of Southwell Minster. Scholar; matric. Michs. 1770; B.A. 1774. Fellow, 1775 [admitted Apr. 4, 1775; ejected Oct. 25, 1775; the validity of his election being disputed by William Wood, another Southwell chorister; the Bishop of Ely as visitor decided in favour of Wood]. Ord. deacon (Ely) Sept. 18, 1774; priest (York) Oct. 27, 1776; C. of Eaton, Notts. C. of Gamston. Died suddenly Nov. 26, 1776, at Retford.