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Vevers, Richard, 1756-1838
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1756-1838
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VEVERS, RICHARD, son of Thomas Wilkinson, Rothwell, Yorks.; b. 2 Feb 1756; assumed surname of Vevers in lieu of Wilkinson, in accordance with the will of Richard Vevers, Scholes, Yorks., who died 11 Jan 1767; adm. 27 Jan 1772; left 1774; [presumably Cornet, 6th Dragoons 1775-7]; ordained deacon (York) 27 Jul 1783, priest (Lincoln) 19 Dec 1784; Vicar of Crofts, Lincs., 20 Dec 1784; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Apr 1786; BD 1796; Rector of Bucknall, Lincs., 4 Nov 1791, and again 1 Aug 1800; Vicar of Garthorpe, Leics., 23 Jul 1800; Rector of Saxby, Leics., 19 Apr 1804 (disp. to hold with V. Garthorpe); Rector of Stoke Albany and Wilbarston, Northants, 4 Jun 1813; Rector of Kettering, Northants, from 6 Apr 1831; m. 1 Jan 1778 Theodosia Dorothy, third dau. of Sir William Anderson, Bart. (qv); d. 17 Jan 1838. [mother probably Susan Broadhead (IGI)]
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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.