JAMES, PTOLEMY, son of Charles James (KS 1686, qv); b. 19 Oct 1671; adm.; KS 1686; left 1688; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1688, aged 16, Canoneer Student 9 Jul 1688 – void 1704, expiry year of grace as R. Whatcott from 29 Jan 1703, Tutor 1699; BA 1692; MA 13 Mar 1694/5; ordained; Rector of Whatcote, Warwicks., 3 Nov 1702; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 4 Jun 1713; Vicar of St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, London, from 1715 [check : not in Hennessy]; d. 26 Apr 1729.
JAMES, RICHARD, brother of Jonathan James (qv); bapt. All Hallows, Bread Street, London 9 Aug 1730 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Nov 1739 (Bainbrigg's); KS 1744; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1748, matr. 14 Jun 1748, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1748 – expelled 19 Jun 1750; his expulsion was for “providing entertainment both of dinner and supper for several persons” in celebration of the Pretender’s birthday, for “forcing himself out of the College Gate at a very late hour, by threatening to kill the porter”, and for failing to appear before the Dean and Chapter when cited (see Thompson, Christ Church, 153-4); ordained; Curate, Mortlake, Surrey, in 1765-6; Vicar of Broad Hinton, Wilts., from 1772; d. 16 May 1781.
JAMES, THOMAS, son of Thomas James, East Grinstead, Sussex, and Cowden, Kent; bapt. Cowden, Kent 30 Apr 1698 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1712; QS 1713; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1717, adm. pens. 19 Jun 1717, scholar 2 May 1718, matr. 1718; BA 1720/1; MA 1724; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1 Oct 1723, Major Fellow 7 Jul 1724, occasional Tutor 1725; adm. Middle Temple 17 Nov 1715; ordained deacon (Llandaff) 7 Mar 1730/1, priest (Chichester) 14 Mar 1730/1; Rector of Ripe, Sussex 21 Apr 1737-42; Rector of Ashurst, Kent 4 May1740-6; Rector of Waldron, Sussex, from 1742; Vicar of East Grinstead, Sussex, from 25 Nov 1746; d. 10 Jan 1757.
JAMES, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1628, adm. scholar 1629, matr. Easter 1632; BA 1632/3.
JAMES, WILLIAM, eldest son of Right Rev. William James DD, Bishop of Durham, and his first wife Katharine, dau. of William Risby, Mayor of Abingdon, Berks.; b.; adm.; QS; failed to obtain election to either University 1592; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Feb 1592/3, aged 16, Canoneer Student 1592-1611 [sic : check]; BA 6 Mar 1595/6; MA 1599 (incorp. Cambridge 27 Jun 1603); Public Orator, Oxford Univ., 1601-4; ordained; m. Anne, dau. of John Doiley, Overbury, Suffolk; will proved PCC as of Kingham, Oxford, 11 Nov 1607 (sic).
JAMES, WILLIAM, son of Henry James, Dorset, and Barbara, dau. of Rev. William Sutton, Rector of Blandford St. Mary, Dorset; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1646; failed to obtain election to either University 1649, aged 15, but elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1650, matr. 27 Nov 1650, Westminster Student; BA 2 Feb 1653/4; MA 1656; became teaching assistant to Richard Busby (qv), “his most loving master”, before he had taken any degree, much to the disgust of Edward Bagshaw (KS 1644, qv); Usher, Westminster School 1658-61, Under Master from 1661; author of Eisagoge in Linguam Chaldaicam in usum Scholae Regae Westmonast., 1651, which he dedicated to Busby, his “tutor, parent, and friend”; buried South Aisle, Westminster Abbey 2 Jul 1663. DNB.
JAMINEAU, ISAAC, third son of Claude Jamineau, College Hill, London, and Venice, Italy, merchant, and Louise --- (IGI); bapt. French Huguenot church, Threadneedle Street 12 Feb 1710 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Jan 1720/1; Min. Can. 1722; KS 1723; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1727, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1727, scholar 17 May 1728, matr. 1727; adm. Middle Temple 5 Oct 1727; Supplier of Newspapers to Clerks of the Roads, General Post Office (occurs 1760); HBM Consul, Naples 2 Jul 1753 – Aug 1779; d. 3 Nov 1789.
JANE, JOSEPH, son of Rev. Joseph Jane, Rector of St. Mary’s, Truro, Cornwall, and Master Truro GS, and Anne, dau. of Henry Gould, Lew Trenchard, Devon; great-nephew of William Jane (qv); bapt. Truro, Cornwall 21 Feb 1716 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 13) 1729; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1733, matr. 25 May 1733, Westminster Student 29 Mar 1734 – void 22 Mar 1764 (expiry year of grace as R. Iron Acton), Tutor 1740-55, Junior Censor 1741-5, Senior Censor 1746, Catechist 1753-60, Wake Librarian 1755-7; BA 1737; MA 20 Mar 1739/40; BD 1748; Proctor 1747; ordained deacon 1 Jun 1740, priest 28 Dec 1740 (both Oxford); Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire 1740-7, St. Thomas, Oxford 18 Jan 1747-8; Vicar of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford 17 Dec 1748-63; Rector of Iron Acton, Gloucs., 19 Mar 1763-88; d. 7 Jan 1795 (M. I. Stapleton, Gloucs. ).
JANSON, JOHN HENRY, brother of Francis William Janson (qv); b. 8 Nov 1864; adm. 29 Apr 1878 (R, later D); QS 1879; left 1880; emigrated to Canada; resident at Hamilton, Ontario; m. 15 Nov 1893 Susie, eldest dau. of William Holditch, South River, Ontario; d. 25 Nov 1936.
JEFFE, NICHOLAS; b.; adm.; QS in 1568; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1571, adm. scholar 1572, matr. Easter 1572; perhaps N. Jeffe, translator from the original of Olivier de Serres’s The Perfect Use of Silkworms (registered at Stationers’Hall 2 May 1607).