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SEARANCKE, THOMAS; b. c. 1653 (aged 27 in 1680); adm.; KS 1669; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1671, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1671, scholar 1672, matr. 1674/5; BA 1674/5; MA 1678; ordained priest (London) 23 Dec 1677; Rector of Billingford, Norfolk 1679-1703; Rector of Ashley, Cambs., from 1682; Rector of Chieveley, Bucks., from 1703; m.; d. 1730. [perhaps son of Thomas Searancke, Hatfield, Herts., and Elizabeth --- (IGI)]

SEALY, WILLIAM, son of Rev. William Sealy, Rector of Wishford, Wilts.; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1711 (as William Swabey); QS (aged 16) 1712; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1716, matr. 8 Jun 1716, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1716 – void 6 Dec 1729 (expiry year of grace as R. Allington from 26 Oct 1728); BA 1720; MA 1723; ordained deacon 30 Jul 1721 (Rochester), priest 22 Sep 1723 (Oxford); Rector of Allington, Wilts., from 1728; Rector of Bighton, Hampshire, from 16 Mar 1732/3; m. (by 1729) Margaret ---; d. 1 Feb 1767 [will PCC 15 Jul 1767]

SEALY, WILLIAM, son of William Sealy (qv); bapt. Basingstoke 16 Oct 1729; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1742; Capt. of the School 1746; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1747, matr. 26 Jun 1747, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1747 – res 18 Dec 1751; severely punished by Dean and Chapter of Christ Church for his complicity with Richard James (qv) in celebration of the Pretender’s birthday 10 Jun 1750; BA 1751; penitential speech and suspension from degree for a year for riot 15 Nov 1751; ordained deacon (Norwich, lit. dim. from Winchester) Mar 1754. [Rev. William Sealy, clerk, Swarraton, Hampshire, will PCC 16 May 1768]

SEALY, ROBERT WALPOLE, son of Edward Urch Vidal (qv); b. 3 Sep 1853; adm. 26 Jan 1867 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1868; Capt. of the School 1872; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1872, matr. 23 May 1872; BA 1876; MA 1879; played Association Football for Oxford Univ. 1874 and for England v. Scotland 1873; ordained deacon 1877, priest 1878 (Salisbury); Curate, St. Edmund’s, Salisbury, Wilts., 1877-8; Vice-Principal, Ely Theological Coll. 1878-81; Curate, Holy Trinity, Ely, Cambs., 1880-1; Vicar of Abbbotsham, Devon, from 1881; assumed surname of Sealy in lieu of Sealy Vidal 26 May 1892; Prebendary of Exeter 1914; m. 1st, 2 Jun 1881 Lucy Christina, dau. of T. Fortescue Carter, Wood Park, Neston; m. 2nd, 15 Jul 1885 Gertrude, elder dau. of Major-Gen. Hickman Thomas Molesworth, Royal Artillery, Abbotsham, Devon; d. 5 Nov 1914.

SEAGRAVE, JOHN YOUNG, eldest son of Rev. Samuel Young Seagrave, Vicar of Tysoe, Warwickshire, and Henrietta, dau. of Henry Tooke, Wakefield, Yorks.; b. 13 Jul 1825; adm. 1 Feb 1838 (Scott's); QS (Capt. ) 1839; Capt. of the School 1842; rowed v. Eton 26 Jul 1842; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1843, matr. 9 Jun 1843, Westminster Student; BA 1847; MA 1850; ordained deacon 1849, priest 1850; Curate, Lovington and Castle Cary, Somerset; Vicar of Bramham, Yorks., 1852-62; m. 9 Aug 1853 Frances Henrietta, youngest dau. of Benjamin Johnson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; d. 14 Nov 1891.

SCUDAMORE, JAMES, son of John Scudamore, Kentchurch, Herefs., and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir William Cooke, Kt, Highnam, Gloucs.; b.; adm.; KS 1658; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1661, matr. 22 Aug 1661, aged 19, Westminster Student from 10 Feb 1662; BA 1665; mentioned in letter of 27 Jun 1663 written by his grandfather to Richard Busby (qv) (Nichols, Literary Illustrations, iv, 395); author, Homer à la Mode, a mock poem upon the First and Second Books of Homer’s Iliads, 1664; drowned in river Wye at Hereford 12 Jul 1666.

SCRIVENER, SAMUEL; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1628, scholar 1629, matr. Easter 1631; BA 1632/3; MA 1636; ordained; Rector of Westhorpe, Suffolk 1636-43, sequestered; of Thurton, Norfolk; m. Elizabeth ---; d. Feb or Mar 1657/8 (will proved 10 Mar 1657/8).

SCRIVEN, JOHN BARCLAY, second son of Edward Scriven, Dublin, and Elizabeth Barclay (IGI); b.; adm. 12 Nov 1770; KS (aged 12) 1771; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1775, matr. 14 Jun 1775, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1775 – deprived 18 Jun 1778; admonished 7 Jan 1777 for acting as second in duel between gentlemenn commoners, and deprived of Studentship for attacking Masters’ Common Room and threatening the life of Christ Church’s Rhetoric Lecturer; Ensign, 56th Foot 17 Dec 1778, 60th Foot 23 Mar 1779; Lieut., 18 Sep 1780; half-pay 1783; adm. Middle Temple 21 May 1776, called to bar 9 Jun 1788; adm. King’s Inns, Dublin 1786; practised in Jamaica and at Dublin; “father” of the Irish bar; m. [by c. 1784]; d. in Dublin 29 Mar 1835, in 77th year.

SCOTT, THOMAS, son of Thomas Scott, Elworthy, Somerset; b.; adm.; a letter written by Richard Healy to Richard Busby (qv), dated Wells 3 Mar 1685, recommends “one Thomas Scott, a little yellow-headed boy in your Schoole” for election as KS (Busby Trustees Archive); KS 1687; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1692, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1692, aged 18, scholar 28 Apr 1693, matr. 1693; clerk to Secretary of State, Scotland, c. 1710; Under Secretary to Duke of Roxburghe when Secretary of State for Scotland Dec 1716 – Aug 1725; author comedies The Mock Marriage, performed at Thestre in Dorset Gardens, 1696, and Unhappy Kindness, or the Fruitless Revenge, performed at Theatre Royal, 1697.

SCOTT, PAUL ELLERS, son of John Scott, Dublin, “doctor”, and Elizabeth Ellors (sic : IGI); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1746; KS 1750; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1755, matr. 28 May 1755, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1756 – res 12 Dec 1757; 2nd Lieut., 23rd Foot 26 Apr 1757, retd. 1758; ordained; Curate, St. Paul, Covent Garden, in 1768-70; m. 22 Nov 1762 Mary Elly (IGI). [father perhaps Rev. John Scott DD ?]