JOHNSON, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1650, matr. 27 Nov 1650, Westminster Student to removal 1660; BA 17 Jan 1653/4; MA 1656.
JOHNSON, SAMUEL, only son of George Johnson, Norton, Lacock, Wilts., and Mary, dau. of Samuel Cook, Beaulieu, Lacock, Wilts.; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1741; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1745, matr. 12 Jun 1745, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1745 – void by marriage 15 Jan 1759; BA 1749; MA 1752; ordained deacon 24 Sep 1749, priest 10 Jun 1750 (both Oxford); Perpetual Curate of Cirencester, Gloucs., 1753 – Jun 1778; Rector of Stainsfield, Suffolk 1778-80; Vicar of a portion of Bampton, Oxfordshire, from 13 Sep 1780; m. 4 Dec 1758 Catherine, dau. of Christopher Johnston, Cirencester, Gloucs.; d. 9 Mar 1784 (M. I. Cirencester, Gloucs. ).
JOHNSON, RICHARD; b.; adm.; QS; a contributor to the congratulatory verses by the QSS to Queen Elizabeth c. 1587, preserved in Chapter Library; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, scholar 1591; BA 1594/5; MA 1598 (incorp. Oxford 1600); BD 1608; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1597 – c. 1604; ordained deacon and priest (Lincoln) 10 May 1601; University Preacher 1603; Rector of Barrowden, Rutland, from 23 Mar 1602/3; Head Master, Derby Sch.; Vicar of St. Werburgh’s, Derby 1606-27; Prebendary of Southwell 1616-24; lic. to m. 22 Jul 1604 Katharine, dau. of Rev. Richard Smyth BD, Rector of Bulwick, Northants; buried St. Werburgh’s, Derby 20 Jul 1629.
JOHNSON, JAMES, second son of Rev. James Johnson, Rector of Long Melford, Suffolk, and Anne, dau. of Thomas Cuthbert, Wickford, Essex; b. 20 Sep 1705; adm. Jan 1717/8; KS 1719; Capt. of the School 1723; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1724, matr. 5 Jun 1724, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1724 – void 14 Dec 1742 (expiry year of grace as R. Turweston); BA 1728; MA 1731; DD 1742 (incorp. Cambridge 1749); Under Master of the School Jun 1733-48; patent for appointment not sealed until 23 Mar 1735/6; ordained; Rector of Turweston, Bucks., 8 Dec 1741-4; Rector of Mixbury, Oxfordshire 10 Feb 1743/4-59; Vicar of Watford, Herts., 1743-59; Rector of Berkhampstead, Herts., 14 Jun 1743-59; Chaplain in Ordinary to George II 1744-52; Prebendary of St. Paul’s 24 Nov 1748 – c. Dec 1752 (?); consecrated Bishop of Gloucester 10 Dec 1752; charged before Privy Council Feb 1753 of having drunk the Pretender’s health in company with William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (qv) and Andrew Stone (qv), but the charge was shown to be false; translated to Worcester 13 Nov 1759; Busby Trustee from 22 Mar 1744/5; d. unm. from effects of a fall from his horse at Bath 26 Nov 1774 (M. I. Lacock, Wilts. ). DNB.
JOHNSON, ANDREW, eldest son of Rev. William Johnson, Rector of St. Clement’s, Eastcheap, London, and Mary, dau. of Robert Tabrum; b. 16 Jun 1830; adm. 19 Jun 1838; a witness in the action of Williamson v. Collier tried before Lord Chief Justice Tindal in the Common Pleas 3 Dec 1841 (Times 4 Dec 1841); QS 1845; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1849, adm. pens. 19 May 1849, scholar 1850, matr. Mich. 1849; BA 1853; MA 1857; ordained deacon 1853, priest 1854 (both London); Curate, St. Clement’s, Eastcheap; Second Master, St. Olave’s GS, Southwark 1859-60, Head Master from 1860; author Bacon’s Novum Organum, newly translated with notes, 1859; m. 14 Jul 1858 Mary, second dau. of Rev. Alexander McCaul DD, Rector of St. Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge, and Prebendary of St. Paul’s; d. 7 Apr 1893.
JOHNSON, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1566-9 (Chapter Muniments 54012, 54014-8, 54021).
JEWKES, CHARLES, eldest son of Samuel Jewkes, Wolverley, Worcs., and Frances, second dau. of William Talbot, Stourton Castle, Kinver, Staffs.; nephew of Lancelot Blackburne (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1695; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1701, matr. 4 Jul 1701, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1701 – void 1709; BA 1707; adm. Middle Temple 12 Feb 1694/5.
JEWELL, GEORGE, eldest son of John Jewell, St. Martin’s in the Fields, gardener, and his second wife Sarah, , dau. of George Jewer, Battersea, Surrey; b.; adm.; BB 1708; Min. Can. 1709, 1710; QS 1711; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1715, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1715, scholar 13 Apr 1716, matr. 1718; BA 1718/9; MA 1722; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1721, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1722; an Usher at the School from c. 1719 (?); m. Lucia --- (subsequently wife of Vincent Bourne (qv) ); d. 6 Jun 1725, aged 31. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
JEVE, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS 1637.
JETT, THOMAS, son of Thomas Jett, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Margaret ---; b. 5 Apr 1679; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1694; adm.; KS 1696; left 1697; Under Clerk, Treasury Jun 1698 – Jun 1713; adm. Middle Temple 13 Apr 1705, called to bar 27 May 1715; adm. Gray’s Inn 6 Jun 1722; one of the Auditors of the Exchequer from 20 Jun 1706; FRS 1740; FSA 1723; a collector of books and manuscripts (sold by auction 15 Feb and 11 May 1731); m. 1st, 10 Jun 1703 Ann, only dau. of William Lowndes MP, Winslow, Bucks., Secretary to the Treasury; lic. to m. 2nd, 8 Oct 1725 Elizabeth Manning; d. 1 Jul 1730.