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FENTON, SAMUEL, son of Rev. Timothy Fenton, Rector of St. Peter’s, Nottingham and Prebendary of Southwell, and Martha, widow of Daniel Chadwick (qv), and dau. of Isaac King, Hertford; bapt. 16 Nov 1699; adm. (aged 13) May 1715; KS 1716; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1720, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1720, scholar 21 Apr 1721; 9th in “ordo” 1723/4; BA 1723/4; MA 1728; ordained deacon 5 Jun 1726, priest 25 Sep 1726 (both Lincoln); Curate, Keysoe, Beds., 1726, and Little Staughton, Beds., 1726.

FENWICKE, RALPH; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1655, matr. 1 Apr 1656, then described as “pleb. ”, Westminster Student; BA 27 Jan 1658/9; MA 1 Feb 1661/2 (incorp. Camb. 1662); ordained; Vicar of Stamfordham, Northumberland, from 1662; Rector of Morpeth, Northumberland, 1669-72; buried Stamfordham 17 Feb 1674/5.

FERREBEE, MICHAEL, son of Jonathan Ferrebee, St. Martin’s in the Fields, Westminster, and Mary --- (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 14 Jan 1703 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Jan 1716/7; KS 1718; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1722, matr. 6 Jun 1722, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1722 - void by marriage 18 Dec 1731 (sic); while at Oxford he fought a duel with Charles Arbuthnot (Min. Can. 1719, qv), a love affair being the cause of the quarrel; they were both made to ask pardon publicly in Hall, and Ferrebee was suspended from taking his degree for two years and also had to translate the whole of Cicero’s De Oratore (Thompson, Christ Church, 148-9); BA 1728; MA 1730; ordained; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1734; Domestic Chaplain to John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery (qv) (The Orrery Papers, i, 130; ii, 160); Rector of Rolleston, Staffs., from 1738; m. 1st, 25 Nov 1729 [but check date] Jane Gillies, St. Andrew’s, Holborn; . m. 2nd, 15 Jul 1740 Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Wrigley, Langley Hall, Middleton, Lancs.; m. 3rd, 2 Dec 1756 (IGI) Ann Ragg; buried 28 May 1777.

FIELD, JOHN VENTRIS, son of Sir Charles Ventris Field, Campton, Beds., and Louisa, third dau. of Octavian Reynolds (qv); bapt. 13 Sep 1760; adm. 22 Jan 1770; KS (aged 12) 1773; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1778, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1778, scholar 22 Apr 1779, but did not matr.; Ensign, 15th Foot 20 Oct 1779; Lieut., 73rd Foot 4 Oct 1786; d. at Bombay 15 Nov 1791.

FINCH, HON. CHARLES, second son of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford (qv); b. 4 Jun 1752; adm.; in school list Jun 1764; KS 1765; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1769, matr. 24 May 1769, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1769 - void 11 Nov 1772 on election as Fellow All Souls; Fellow, All Souls Coll., 1772; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 May 1772; MP Castle Rising 2 Feb 1775 - May 1777, Maidstone 16 May 1777-80; m. 28 Dec 1778 Jane, eldest dau. of Watkin Wynne (qv); d. 17 Dec 1819.

FINCH, HON. EDWARD, fourth son of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford (qv); b. 26 Apr 1756; adm. 27 May 1766; KS 1768; Capt. of the School 1772; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1773, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1773, scholar 22 Apr 1774, matr. Lent 1774; BA 1777; adm. Inner Temple year 1775/6; Cornet, 27th Light Dragoons 27 Dec 1778; Lieut., 87th Foot 7 Oct 1779; Lieut. and Capt., 2nd Foot Guards 5 Feb 1783; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 3 Oct 1792; 2nd Maj., 19 Nov 1800, 1st Maj., 18 Jun 1801 - Apr 1808; Brevet Col., 3 May 1796; Maj. -Gen., 1 Jan 1801; Lieut. -Gen., 25 Apr 1808; Col. . 54th Foot 3 Aug 1808 – Sep 1809, 22nd Foot from 23 Sep 1809; Gen., 12 Aug 1819; travelling in Italy 1787; served in Flanders 1793-5, Ireland 1798, and on expedition to The Helder 1799; commanded the cavalry under Abercromby in Egypt 1801, and the Brigade of Guards at Bremen 1806 and on expedition to Copenhagen 1807; MP Cambridge 11 May 1789 - Nov 1819; Groom of the Bedchamber to Kings George III, George IV and William IV 27 Apr 1802 - 20 Jun 1837; d. 27 Oct 1843. DNB.

FINCH, FRANCIS, fifth son of Sir Moyle Finch, Bart., MP, Eastwell, Kent, and Elizabeth, Countess of Winchilsea, only dau. of Right Hon. Sir Thomas Heneage PC, Kt, Copthall, Essex, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household to Queen Elizabeth; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1611, adm. scholar 25 Apr 1612, matr. Easter 1612; BA 1615/6; MA 1629; MP Eye Feb 1623/4 - Mar 1628/9; m. Anne, only child of Michael Barker, Bildeston, Suffolk; d. c. Jan 1657/8 (will dated 14 Dec 1657, proved PCC 18 Jan 1657/8, he of Kensington, Middlesex).

FIREBRACE, HENRY, eldest son of Sir Henry Firebrace, Kt, Chief Clerk of the Kitchen to Charles I and II, also a Clerk of the Green Cloth, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Dowell, Stoke Golding, Leics.; b. c. 1650 (aged 32 in 1682); adm.; KS 1664; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1668, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1668, scholar 1669; 2nd in “ordo” 1671/2; BA 1671/2; MA 1675; DD 1688; Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 1674, Tutor 1675, Senior Dean 1707-8; ordained; buried 27 Nov 1708.

FISH, JAMES, son of James Fish, Twickenham, Middlesex, and Inner Temple, and Ann, dau. of Thomas Eden, Dorewards Hall, Bocking, Essex; bapt. 27 Aug 1686; adm.; QS 1702; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 19 Oct 1705, aged 19, scholar 25 Apr 1707, matr. 1705/6.