Person: Butts, William (1768 - 1833)

• Comments

  VENN
  Adm. sizar at CORPUS CHRISTI, Sept. 22, 1763. Of Norfolk. S. of Dudley (1729-30), R. of Ludham. ' Matric. Michs. 1764; Scholar; B.A. 1768; M.A. 1771. Fellow, 1771. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Nov. 6, 1768; priest, July 14, 1771; C. of Hickling and Stalham, Norfolk, 1768. [Probably P.C. of Ingham, 1773-85.] R. of Little Wilbraham, Cambs., and V. of Grantchester, 1778-1806. In 1778, the College contributed £100 towards the building of a new rectory at Little Wilbraham upon condition that the incumbent spent £600; during the incumbency of Mr Butts, the parish was enclosed and land allotted to the rector in lieu of tithes. Died May 19, 1806, aged 60, by the bursting of a blood vessel in his head, while driving his gig; his father and grandfather had died from the same cause. (H. P. Stokes, Wilbraham Parishes; G. Mag., 1803, I.; 1806, I.)

Birth Events

• 22/9/1746 (Potter Heigham)

  dob	Birthplace	Age at	Date	Type	Full Record
  22/9/1746	Potter Heigham	0	6/11/1768	Ord	View

Education Events

• BA : Cambridge / Corpus Christi

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Butts, William	06/11/1768	BA	Cambridge	View

• MA : Cambridge / Corpus Christi

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Butts, William	14/07/1771	MA	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Butts, William	23/01/1778	MA		View
  Appt	Butts, William	24/01/1778	MA		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 06/11/1768 (Yonge, Philip/Norwich 1761-1783)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Butts, William	06/11/1768	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 14/07/1771 (Yonge, Philip/Norwich 1761-1783)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Butts, William	14/07/1771	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Curate : Sutton (23/06/1770 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Butts, William	23/06/1770	Curate	Licensing	Sutton/	View

• Curate : Stalham (23/06/1770 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Butts, William	23/06/1770	Curate	Licensing	Stalham/	View

• Curate : Brumstead (23/06/1770 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Butts, William	23/06/1770	Curate	Licensing	Brunstead/	View

• Perpetual Curate : Ingham (30/07/1773 - 31/01/1785 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Butts, William	30/07/1773	Curate	Licensing	Ingham/	View
  Vac	Butts, William	31/01/1785	Perpetual Curate	resignation	Ingham/	View

• Vicar : Grantchester (23/01/1778 - 08/10/1806 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Butts, William	23/01/1778	Vicar	Institution	Grantchester/	View
  Vac	Butts, William	08/10/1806	Vicar	Death	Grantchester/	View

• Rector : Little Wilbraham (24/01/1778 - 30/05/1806 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Butts, William	24/01/1778	Rector	Institution	Little Wilbraham/	View
  Vac	Butts, William	30/05/1806	Rector	Death	Little Wilbraham/	View

• Rector : Glemsford (19/03/1778 - 07/09/1833 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Butts, William	19/03/1778	Rector	Presentation	Glemsford/	View
  Appt	Coldham, George	07/09/1833	Rector	Admission	Glemsforth/	View

• domestic chaplain : Tollemache, Lionel, 5th earl of Dysart /Lord Huntingtower (1734-1799) (14/02/1787 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Butts, William	14/02/1787	domestic chaplain	Appointment	Lionel Tollemache, Earl of Dysart/	View

Death Events

• Death (30/05/1806)

  Name	Date	Cause	Type	Full Record
  Butts, William	30/05/1806	Death	Vac	View
  Butts, William	08/10/1806	Death	Vac	View