- GB-2014-WSA-02332
- Person
- 1727-1800
ASSHETON, RICHARD, younger brother of Ralph Assheton (qv); b. 19 Aug 1727; adm. (aged 13) May 1741 (Watts'); carved his name on the Coronation Chair in the Abbey; left 1745; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 Nov 1744; BA 1748; MA 1751; BD and DD 1782; Fellow of Brasenose Coll. 5 Jun 1749 - 31 May 1757; ordained deacon 10 Mar 1754, priest 7 Jun 1754 (both Oxford); Rector of Middleton, Lancs. Apr 1757; Rector of Radcliffe, Lancs, . 1757; Warden of Manchester Collegiate Church from 2 Mar 1782; m. 1757 Mary, younger dau. of William Hulls, of Freelands, Kent, and Popes, Herts.; d. 6 Jun 1800.