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Stratford, William, 1671-1729
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1671-1729
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STRATFORD, WILLIAM, only son of Right Rev. Nicholas Stratford DD, Bishop of Chester, and ---, sister of Stephen Luddington (qv); bapt. Manchester Collegiate Church 14 Sep 1671 (IGI); adm.; KS 1683; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1688, matr. 29 Jun 1688, aged 16, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1688 – 4 Jul 1705 (void on appointment as Canon), Tutor 1696-9; BA 1692; MA 13 Mar 1694/5; BD 1703; DD 1705; ordained; Chaplain to Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford, and tutor to his son Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (qv); Stratford’s correspondence with Edward Harley between 1710 and Stratford’s death is printed HMC Portland vol. vii; Chaplain to Speaker, House of Commons (still 1705); Archdeacon of Richmond from 10 Sep 1703; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 6 Jul 1705; Rector of Little Shefford, Berks., from 1707; Chaplain in Ordinary to George I (to 1717); gave £50 to the building fund for the New Dormitory; Busby Trustee 13 Mar 1727/8; d. unm. 7 May 1729. 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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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.