LEWIS, FULLER WENHAM, eldest son of John Wenham Lewis, Westerham, Kent, and Dorothy Frances, dau. of Robert Knipe (IGI), New Lodge, Hampshire; bapt. 21 May 1801; adm. 21 Jan 1812; KS (aged 14) 1816; left 1820; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Oct 1820; BA 1827; MA 1830; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 29 Jan 1824; d. 30 Apr 1861.
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LEWIS, GEORGE, son of Rev. George Lewis, Vicar of Westerham, Kent, and his first wife Hannah, dau. of Rev. George Wenham, Rector of Rotherfield, Sussex; nephew of Erasmus Lewis (qv); b. 3 Oct 1712; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1720; KS 1726; his representation of “Ignoramus” in the Play of 1730 was so admirable that he was ever afterwards known to his friends as “Ignoramus Lewis”; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1731, matr. 22 Jun 1731, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1731 – res 26 Jun 1744; BA 1735; MA 1738; ordained; Domestic Chaplain to Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon (qv), 2 Jun 1747; Vicar of Westerham, Kent, from 6 Apr 1749; Rector of Etchingham, Sussex, from 28 Oct 1754; m. 1st, 1 Dec 1744 Frances Fuller, widow; m. 2nd; buried Westerham, Kent 25 Apr 1771.
LEWIS, JOHN, brother of William Lewis (adm. 1722, qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1725; Min. Can. (aged 12) 1729; KS (aged 13) 1730; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1734, matr. 12 Jun 1734, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1734 – void 16 Mar 1747 (expiry year of grace as R. Dartford from 10 Mar 1746); BA 1738; MA 10 Mar 1740/1; ordained; Rector of Dartford, Kent 1746-55; Dean of Ossory from 24 May 1755; m. 1st, 7 Nov 1747 Catherine, dau. of George Villiers (KS 1705, qv); m. 2nd, Charlotte, dau. of Rear Adm. Charles Cotterel, Royal Navy; d. 28 Jun 1783.
LEWIS, MARMADUKE, brother of Charles Lewis (qv); b. 6 Oct 1729; adm. (aged 12) Mar 1742/3 (Peirson); KS 1744; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1748, matr. 14 Jun 1748, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1748 – 11 Dec 1760 (expiry year of grace as V. East Garston from 14 Dec 1759); ordained deacon 24 May 1752, priest 10 Mar 1754 (both Oxford); Chaplain, Royal Navy 1755; Vicar of East Garston, Berks., Dec 1759; Rector of Lullingstone, Kent, from 1772; m.; d. 21 Jun 1806.
Lewis, Paul Wilfred, son of Leonard Cyril St Alban Lewis, National Assistance Board, and Phyllis Victoria, d. of John Grice; b. 5 May 1937; adm. Sept. 1950 (KS); left Dec. 1955; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1956, BA 1960, DipEd 1961, MA 1965; ord. deacon 1964, priest 1965; Curate Holy Cross St Pancras 1964-6, St John the Divine Stamford Hill 1966-8; tutor Codrington Coll. Barbados 1968-71; DipTh 1972; chaplain Salisbury-Wells Theol. Coll. 1972-4, LSE 1974-80, St Christopher’s Hospice Sydenham 1980-; Curate St Giles Cripplegate 1983-; chaplain Nat. Hosp. for Neurology 1989-; d. 7 Sept. 2005.
LEWIS, THOMAS, of Worcestershire, “doctoris fil. ”; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1591, matr. 11 Feb 1591/2, aged 16, Westminster Student to 1594 [again 1600-1, check].
LEWYS, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS 30 Jul 1553 (Chapter Muniments).
LEY, HENRY, brother of John Henry Ley (KS 1791, qv); b. 14 Aug 1781; adm.; KS 1795; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1799, matr. 22 May 1799, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1799 – void 20 Sep 1806 (expiry year of grace as R. Kenn from 28 Sep 1805); BA 1803; MA 1806; ordained priest 25 Aug 1805; Rector of Kenn, Devon, from 28 Aug 1805; d. 8 Jan 1856.
LEY, JACOB, son of Rev. Jacob Ley, Rector of Ashprington, Devon, and Caroline, dau. of Rev. John Hill; b. 18 Jun 1803; adm. 11 Oct 1816 (Packharness'); KS 1818; St. Alban Hall, Oxford, matr. 18 May 1822; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1822, Westminster Student (still 1847), Tutor, Censor, Catechist, Librarian; BA 1826; MA 1828; BD 1840; Proctor 1839; ordained deacon 1827, priest 1828 (both Oxford); Vicar of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford 1845-58; Vicar of Staverton, Northants, from 24 May 1858; d. unm. 10 Apr 1881.
LEY, JOHN HENRY, eldest son of Henry Ley, Trehill, Devon, Town Clerk of Exeter, and Mary, dau. of Capt. Charles Smith RN, Lieut. -Gov. Greenwich Hospital; b. 28 Jan 1777; adm.; Min. Can. 1790; KS 1791; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1795, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 May 1795, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1796 – void 25 Jun 1807; BA 1799; MA 1801; adm. Middle Temple 27 Jun 1797, called to bar 10 Jun 1803, Bencher 31 Jan 1843; Second Clerk Assistant, House of Commons Jul 1801-14, Clerk Assistant 1814-20, Chief Clerk from 31 Oct 1820; of Trehill, Devon; m. 23 Oct 1809 Lady Dorothy Frances Hay, second dau. of George Hay, 7th Marquess of Tweeddale (S); d. 21 Aug 1850.