SEWARD, THOMAS, brother of Francis Seward (qv); bapt. Badsey, Worcs. 31 Oct 1708 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Feb 1718/9; KS 1723; failed to obtain election to either university 1727; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1727, matr. 1727; 1st in “ordo” 1730/1; BA 1730/1; MA 1734; ordained deacon (Salisbury) 19 Dec 1731, priest (Rochester) 20 May 1732; Rector of Llanmaes, Glamorgan 6 Jun 1733-40; travelling tutor with Lord Charles Fitzroy in Italy 1738-9; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1739; Rector of Eyam, Derbs., from 22 Mar 1739/40; Rector of Kingsley, Staffs., from 2 Apr 1747; Prebendary of Lichfield from 30 Apr 1755 and of Salisbury from 5 Jun 1755; a friend of Dr. Samuel Johnson, whom he used to entertain at Lichfield; portrayed as the Canon in Richard Graves’s Columella, 1779; joint editor of Beaumont and Fletcher’s Plays, 1750; m. 27 Oct 1741 Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Hunter, Head Master, Lichfield GS; d. 4 Mar 1790. DNB.
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Houses
- NT Armfeild's
- NT Ashburnham
- NT Ashby's
- NT Atwood's
- NT Bainbrigg's
- NT Benthall's
- NT Best's
- NT Bourne's
- NT Burges'
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- NT Butler's
- NT Chelsum's
- NT Clapham's
- NT Clarke's
- NT College
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- NT Dean's
- NT Desaguliers'
- NT Douglas'
- NT Dryden's
- NT Du Brieux's
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- NT Edwards'
- NT Finch's
- NT Fox's
- NT Geary's
- NT Gibson's
- NT Grant's
- NT Greet's
- NT Guthry's
- NT Guyneham's
- NT Hakluyt's
- NT Hart's
- NT Hawkins'
- NT Heath's
- NT Hodgson's
- NT Homeboarders'
- NT Howe's
- NT Hume's
- NT Hutton's
- NT Jackson's
- NT James'
- NT Jones'
- NT Langton's
- NT Levett's
- NT Liddell's
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- NT Macklin's
- NT Majendie's
- NT Maskelyne's
- NT Mellisham's
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- NT Morel's
- NT Morrison's
- NT Ottey's
- NT Packharness'
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- NT Philips'
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- NT Price's
- NT Purcell's
- NT Rigaud's
- NT Russel's
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- NT Taylor's
- NT Watts'
- NT Williams'
- NT Woodcock's
- NT Wren's
- NT Wynniate's