Seward, Thomas, 1708-1790

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Seward, Thomas, 1708-1790

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        1708-1790

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        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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        GB-2014-WSA-15466

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        International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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