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SHARPE, WILLIAM, son of James Sharpe, Canterbury, Kent, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Nethersole, Canterbury, Kent; b.; adm.; KS (Capt., aged 14) 1733; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1737, matr. 14 Jun 1737, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1737 – void 22 Jul 1760 (expiry year of grace as R. Easthampstead from 4 Aug 1759), Junior Censor 1747-50, Senior Censor 1751-2, Tutor 1749; BA 1741; MA 7 Mar 1743/4; BD (from Hertford Coll) 1753; DD 1754; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1742, priest 18 Dec 1743 (both Oxford); Curate, Binsey, Oxfordshire 1744, Caversham, Berks., 1746, Cowley, Oxfordshire 1747, Drayton, Oxfordshire 1748, St. Thomas, Oxford 1754; Principal, Hertford Coll. Oxford 12 Jun 1753-7, when he resigned and returned to his rooms at Christ Church (see Thompson, Christ Church, 156-7); Rector of Easthampstead, Berks., from 1759; Whitehall Preacher (in 1760); Regius Prof. of Greek, Oxford, from 13 Apr 1763; d. unm. 5 Mar 1782. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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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.