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KNIPE, THOMAS, son of Rev. Thomas Knipe, Middlesex; b.; adm.; BB in 1652; KS (Capt. ) 1656; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1657, matr. 31 Jul 1658, Westminster Student; BA 22 Feb 1660/1; MA 1663; BD and DD 1695; an Usher at the School 1661, Under Master 1663-95, Head Master from 6 Apr 1695; ordained; Prebendary of Westminster from 17 Oct 1707; one of the original trustees of Busby’s will; author of several grammars for use of the School; m. 1st, (by 1669) Anne, dau. of Devereux Wolseley, Ravenstone, Staffs.; m. 2nd, 1 Feb 1693/4 Alice Talbot, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, widow; d. 6 Aug 1711, aged 72. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey, monument in South Aisle of Choir. DNB.

NICOLL, JOHN, son of Rev. John Nicoll, Preston Capes, Northants, schoolmaster, and Mary, eldest dau. of Richard Butler, Preston Capes; b. 6 Nov 1683; adm.; KS 1700; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1704, matr. 23 Jun 1704, aged 19, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1704 – void 1722 (expiry year of grace as R. Hannington from 1721), Tutor 1713; BA 1708; MA 15 Mar 1710/1; DD 1733; ordained deacon 23 Feb 1711; succeded George Tollet (qv) as Under Master 1714, but patent not sealed until 20 Mar 1714/5; Head Master, Westminster School May 1733 (patent sealed 5 Feb 1733/4) – res Feb 1753; Rector of Hannington, Hampshire 1721-8; Rector of Meon Stoke with Soberton, Hampshire 31 Aug 1728 – Mar 1755; Prebendary of Westminster from 6 Oct 1740; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 30 Dec 1751; Proctor in Convocation, for Chapter of Westminster Abbey (Chamberlayne 1748); Busby Trustee 24 Feb 1729/30; m. 2 Jan 1723/4 Alice, widow of John Lewis, London, and mother of William Lewis (adm. 1722, qv); d. 19 Sep 1765. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

WINGFIELD, JOHN, brother of William Wingfield (qv); b.; adm. 5 Feb 1770; KS (aged 13) 1773; Capt. of the School 1777; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1778, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1778, scholar 23 Apr 1779, matr. 1780; BA 1782; MA 1785; BD 1794; DD 1799; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1783, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1785; an Usher at the School 1781-8, Under Master 1788-1802, Head Master 13 Sep – Dec 1802; ordained; Prebendary of Worcester from 27 Jan 1803; Perpetual Curate of Putney, Surrey Jan – Dec 1804; Vicar of Kempsey, Worcs., 27 Nov 1804-15; Rector of Easton, Hampshire 29 Nov 1804; Prebendary of York from 27 Sep 1812; Rector of Whitbourne, Herefs., from 14 Sep 1815; Vicar of Bromsgrove, Worcs., from 27 Oct 1815; m. 8 Sep 1803 Mary, eldest dau. of Rev. Thomas James DD, Head Master, Rugby Sch.; d. 9 Dec 1825.