WELD, THOMAS, sixth son of Sir John Weld, Willey, Shropshire, and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir George Whitmore, Lord Mayor of London; bapt. Jul 1657; adm.; KS 1673; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1676, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1676, aged 18, scholar 1677, matr. 1676; BA 1679/80; MA 1683; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1682 – c. 1690; Lieut., Independent Co. Foot 26 Jun 1685; Capt., 14th Foot 24 Aug 1685; re-commissioned on regiment being re-formed 28 Feb 1698 [check]; retd. before 1694 [check]; buried Bridgnorth, Shropshire 23 May 1700.
WELLS, JOSEPH, son of Rev. Joseph Wells, Vicar of Hungerford, Berks., and Sarah --- (IGI); bapt. Hungerford, Berks., 13 Apr 1690 (IGI); adm.; BB in 1703; QS 1706; d. 1708.
WENTWORTH, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1562. [Perhaps = William Wentford, Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens., scholar 1562, matr. 1562; BA 1565/6; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1566 – c. 1567]
WEST, SAMUEL HATCH, eldest son of John West, Bayswater, London, Deputy Inspector-Gen. of Mails, General Post Office, and Sarah --- (IGI); b. 13 Apr 1848; adm. 30 May 1861; QS 1863; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1867, matr. 12 Jun 1867; 2nd cl. Classics (Mods) 1869, 1st cl. Nat. Science 1871; Radcliffe Travelling Fellow 1874; MA and MB 1875; MD 1882; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; MRCP 1877; FRCP 1885; Physician and Lecturer on Medicine, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; Consulting Physician, Royal Free Hospital; a Governor of the School from 1907; Busby Trustee 22 May 1917; author, Diseases of the Respiratory Organs, 1909; m. 22 Dec 1881 Margaret Nanny, dau. of Sir Edward Frankland KCB FRS DCL, Professor of Chemistry, Royal School of Mines; d. 2 Mar 1920. [mother’s surname perhaps Hall (IGI)]
WESTWOOD, ---; b.; adm.; KS in 1630; the expenses of his burial are charged in the Abbey Treasurer’s accounts for the year ending Mich. 1631 (Chapter Muniments 33686).
WESTWOOD, JOHN, eldest son of Rev. John Westwood, Vicar of Halesowen, Worcs., and Rebecca, sister of Adam Littleton (qv); bapt. 7 Mar 1664/5; adm.; KS 1680; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1684, adm. pens. 19 Jun 1684, aged 18, scholar 1 May 1685, matr. 1685; BA 1687/8; ordained deacon (Rochester) 26 May 1689, priest (Winchester) 22 Dec 1689; Vicar of Overton, Hampshire, from 30 Jan 1689/90; m. 1 Oct 1691 Susanna, dau. of Edward Nott, Minety, Gloucs. [check]; buried Overton, Hampshire 9 Oct 1709.
WHITE, BLAZE, “cler. fil. ” (i. e. son of a Church of England clergyman); b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1648, matr. 13 Mar 1650/1, Westminster Student; BA 26 Feb 1651/2; MA 1654; ordained; Rector of St. George’s, Canterbury, Kent 7 May 1661-6; Minor Canon of Canterbury (by 1662); Rector of Stonar, Isle of Thanet, from 15 Aug 1663; a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal 14 Mar 1663/4 – 10 Jul 1675 (still priest there 1691); Vicar Choral, Lichfield Cathedral; m. 1st, 6 May 1662 Susanna Wright, widow; m. 2nd, 27 Jun 1665 Anne, dau. of William Burges, Westminster; d. 24 Feb 1699, aged 69.
WHITE, GEORGE TOWRY, son of William Archibald Armstrong White (qv); b. 14 Mar 1814; adm. 16 Jan 1824; KS 1827; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1831, adm. pens. 26 May 1831, scholar 1832; 18th Wrangler 1835; BA 1835; MA 1838; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Feb 1835, called to bar 19 Nov 1838; m. 14 Aug 1848 Euphemia Anne, only dau. of Maj. Robert Williams Shirriff, Assistant Commissary-Gen., EICS Madras; d. 14 Dec 1867.
WHITE, GILBERT, third son of Sir Sampson White, Kt, draper, Mayor of Oxford, and Mary, dau. of Richard Soper, East Oakley, Hampshire; b. 15 Feb 1650; adm.; KS 1666; St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, matr. 10 Jul 1668; migrated to Magdalen Coll., demy 1668-72; BA 1672; MA 6 Feb 1674/5; Fellow, Magdalen Coll. 1672-81; ordained priest (Oxford) 26 May 1678; Rector of Brandeston, Norfolk 14 Jun 1680; Rector of Selborne, Hampshire, from 14 Mar 1680/1; m. Rebecca Luckin, Nore Hill, Newton Valence, Hampshire; d. 13 Feb 1727/8.
WHITE, MOSES, son of William White, Ostend, Flanders; b.; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1740/1; KS 1743; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1747, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1747, scholar 6 May 1748, matr. 1747; BA 1750/1; ordained deacon (London) 22 Sep 1751, priest (Lincoln) 23 Feb 1752; Rector of Freethorpe, Norfolk, from 1752; Rector of High Easter, Essex 1756-64; Rector of Reedham, Norfolk, from 1758; d. 2 Feb 1771.