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Antiquary and philosopher. See ODNB; Venn
Adm. at CORPUS CHRISTI, 07 Nov., 1703. S. of John, of Holbeck, Lincolnshire (and Frances, dau. of Robert (? John) Bullen, of Weston). Bapt. there, 07 Nov., 1687.
School, Holbeck [ Lincolnshire ]. Matric. 1704; M.B. 1708; M.D. 1719. F.R.S., 1717.
Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries, of which he was one of the founders, 1717-26. F.R.C.P., 1720. Gulstonian lecturer, 1722. Ord. deacon (Archbishop of Canterbury) 20 Jul., 1729; priest (Lincoln) 09 Nov., 1729. V. of All Saints', Stamford [ Lincolnshire ], 1729-47. R. of St George-the-Martyr, London , 1747-65.
Friend of Sir Isaac Newton, and of Warburton. The well-known antiquary. Married (1) Frances, dau. of Robert Williamson, of Allington, Lincolnshire ; (2) Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Gale, Dean of York [ Yorkshire ]. Author, medical and antiquarian.
Died 03 Mar., 1765. ( D.N.B. ; Munk, II. 71; Lincs. Pedigrees, 935; W. Stukeley, Diaries and Letters. )