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Adm. sizar (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, Apr. 6, 1702. S. of Richard, C. of Wakefield. B. at Wakefield. Schools, Wakefield and Threshfield. ' Matric. 1702; B.A. 1705-6; M.A. 1709. Incorp. at Oxford, 1709. Usher of Wakefield Grammar School, 1706-11. Usher, 1711; and Head Master of Chesterfield School, 1722-52. V. of Hunslet, Leeds, 1731-41. R. of North Wingfield, Derbs., 1739-58. Father of Benjamin (1736; CCE9724) and William (1729; CCE10322). (M. H. Peacock; Cox, Churches of Derbs., IV. 485.)