JOHNSON, JAMES, second son of Rev. James Johnson, Rector of Long Melford, Suffolk, and Anne, dau. of Thomas Cuthbert, Wickford, Essex; b. 20 Sep 1705; adm. Jan 1717/8; KS 1719; Capt. of the School 1723; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1724, matr. 5 Jun 1724, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1724 – void 14 Dec 1742 (expiry year of grace as R. Turweston); BA 1728; MA 1731; DD 1742 (incorp. Cambridge 1749); Under Master of the School Jun 1733-48; patent for appointment not sealed until 23 Mar 1735/6; ordained; Rector of Turweston, Bucks., 8 Dec 1741-4; Rector of Mixbury, Oxfordshire 10 Feb 1743/4-59; Vicar of Watford, Herts., 1743-59; Rector of Berkhampstead, Herts., 14 Jun 1743-59; Chaplain in Ordinary to George II 1744-52; Prebendary of St. Paul’s 24 Nov 1748 – c. Dec 1752 (?); consecrated Bishop of Gloucester 10 Dec 1752; charged before Privy Council Feb 1753 of having drunk the Pretender’s health in company with William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (qv) and Andrew Stone (qv), but the charge was shown to be false; translated to Worcester 13 Nov 1759; Busby Trustee from 22 Mar 1744/5; d. unm. from effects of a fall from his horse at Bath 26 Nov 1774 (M. I. Lacock, Wilts. ). DNB.
JOHNSON, ANDREW, eldest son of Rev. William Johnson, Rector of St. Clement’s, Eastcheap, London, and Mary, dau. of Robert Tabrum; b. 16 Jun 1830; adm. 19 Jun 1838; a witness in the action of Williamson v. Collier tried before Lord Chief Justice Tindal in the Common Pleas 3 Dec 1841 (Times 4 Dec 1841); QS 1845; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1849, adm. pens. 19 May 1849, scholar 1850, matr. Mich. 1849; BA 1853; MA 1857; ordained deacon 1853, priest 1854 (both London); Curate, St. Clement’s, Eastcheap; Second Master, St. Olave’s GS, Southwark 1859-60, Head Master from 1860; author Bacon’s Novum Organum, newly translated with notes, 1859; m. 14 Jul 1858 Mary, second dau. of Rev. Alexander McCaul DD, Rector of St. Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge, and Prebendary of St. Paul’s; d. 7 Apr 1893.
JOHNSON, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1566-9 (Chapter Muniments 54012, 54014-8, 54021).
JEWKES, CHARLES, eldest son of Samuel Jewkes, Wolverley, Worcs., and Frances, second dau. of William Talbot, Stourton Castle, Kinver, Staffs.; nephew of Lancelot Blackburne (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1695; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1701, matr. 4 Jul 1701, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1701 – void 1709; BA 1707; adm. Middle Temple 12 Feb 1694/5.
JEWELL, GEORGE, eldest son of John Jewell, St. Martin’s in the Fields, gardener, and his second wife Sarah, , dau. of George Jewer, Battersea, Surrey; b.; adm.; BB 1708; Min. Can. 1709, 1710; QS 1711; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1715, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1715, scholar 13 Apr 1716, matr. 1718; BA 1718/9; MA 1722; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1721, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1722; an Usher at the School from c. 1719 (?); m. Lucia --- (subsequently wife of Vincent Bourne (qv) ); d. 6 Jun 1725, aged 31. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
JEVE, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS 1637.
JETT, THOMAS, son of Thomas Jett, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Margaret ---; b. 5 Apr 1679; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1694; adm.; KS 1696; left 1697; Under Clerk, Treasury Jun 1698 – Jun 1713; adm. Middle Temple 13 Apr 1705, called to bar 27 May 1715; adm. Gray’s Inn 6 Jun 1722; one of the Auditors of the Exchequer from 20 Jun 1706; FRS 1740; FSA 1723; a collector of books and manuscripts (sold by auction 15 Feb and 11 May 1731); m. 1st, 10 Jun 1703 Ann, only dau. of William Lowndes MP, Winslow, Bucks., Secretary to the Treasury; lic. to m. 2nd, 8 Oct 1725 Elizabeth Manning; d. 1 Jul 1730.
JESUP, ROBERT, son of John Jesup, Coningsby, West Halton, Lincs. , and Anne, dau. of Robert Sandford, Chapel, Essex; b. ; at school under Osbaldeston and Busby six years (J. E. B. Mayor, ed. , Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb. , i, 64); BB; KS 1639; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 26 May 1642, aged 18, Bishop Williams scholar 9 Nov 1642, matr. Mich. 1642.
JESSUP, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1642, but never adm.
JERMYN, TURENNE, only son of Cdr. Rowland Formby Jermyn, St. Helier, Jersey, Indian Navy, and his second wife Ann Bates, dau. of John Frederick Freeman, Stricklands, Stowmarket, Suffolk; b. 12 Apr 1862; adm. 4 Jun 1874; QS 1876; left Whitsun 1878; RMC Sandhurst 1880; Lieut., Berks Regt. 22 Oct 1881; Royal Irish Regt., 1 Apr 1882; Bengal Staff Corps; Lieut., 2nd Sikh Infantry (Punjab Frontier Force) 12 Jun 1883; Wing Officer and Adjt., 23 May 1884; Capt., 22 Oct 1892; Maj., 10 Jul 1901; Lieut. -Col., 1 Jun 1904; Brevet Col., 11 Jun 1907; Col., 6 Jul 1908; ret. 22 Oct 1913; re-employed at beginning of 1914-18 War as AA and QMG 16th Division, Ireland, but compelled to resign through ill-health; Censor, London Telegraph Office 1917-9; served with Hazara Expedition 1888, Waziristan Expedition 1894-5, at Tirah 1897-8 and in China 1900; mentioned in despatches LG 14 May 1901, and for valuable services during 1914-18 War; m. 1897 Rose, dau. of Rev. Oswald Mangin Holden, Vicar of Gailey, Staffs.; d. 29 Aug 1924.