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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.)
dob | Birthplace | Age at | Date | Type | Full Record |
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22/9/1746 | Potter Heigham | 0 | 6/11/1768 | Ord | View |
Type | Name | Date | Qualification | University | Full Record |
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Ord | Butts, William | 06/11/1768 | BA | Cambridge | View |
Type | Name | Date | Status | Event | Full Record |
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Ord | Butts, William | 06/11/1768 | deacon | ordination | View |
Type | Name | Date | Status | Event | Full Record |
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Ord | Butts, William | 14/07/1771 | priest | ordination | View |
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Appt | Butts, William | 23/06/1770 | Curate | Licensing | Sutton/ | View |
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Appt | Butts, William | 23/06/1770 | Curate | Licensing | Stalham/ | View |
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Appt | Butts, William | 23/06/1770 | Curate | Licensing | Brunstead/ | View |
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Appt | Butts, William | 14/02/1787 | domestic chaplain | Appointment | Lionel Tollemache, Earl of Dysart/ | View |