TASWELL, JAMES, son of William Taswell (adm. 1660, qv); b.; adm.; QS (aged 12) 1713; failed to obtain election to either University 1718; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 May 1718, aged 17; denied BA degree Mar 1721/2 as having been “guilty of strange robberies, and indeed, of all manner of wickedness” (Hearne, Remarks and Collections, vii, 334).
TASWELL, WILLIAM, second son of James Taswell, Cowes, Isle of Wight, merchant, and his first wife Elizabeth Upsal; b. 1 May 1652; adm. 1660; KS 4 May 1667; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1667, matr. 8 Jul 1670, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1670 ñ void 1694, Tutor 1678-87, Junior Censor 1682-3, Catechist 1687-8; BA 1674; MA 1677; BD 1685 (incorp. Cambridge 1685); DD 1698; ordained deacon 2 Mar 1681/2, priest 11 Jun 1682 (both Oxford); Rector of Wood Norton, Norfolk 1691/2-8; Rector of St. Maryís, Newington Butts, Surrey, from 1698; Rector of Bermondsey, Surrey 10 Feb 1723/4 - 1726/7; referred to by Sir Richard Steele in no. 55 of the Tatler as ìMr. Caswellî; his Autobiography, printed Camden Miscellany II (Camden Soc. Pub., 1st ser., lv), contains many interesting references to his school life; author, Antichrist revealed among the Sect of Quakers, 1723, and other works; m. 21 May 1695 Frances, dau. of Rev. Edward Lake DD, Archdeacon and Prebendary of Exeter; d. 16 Jun 1731.
TASWELL, WILLIAM, son of William Taswell (adm. 1660, qv); b. 1708/9; adm.; Min. Can. 1722, 1723; KS (Capt. ) 1724; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1727, matr. 8 Jun 1727, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1727 - void 20 Dec 1739 (expiry year of grace as V. Wotton from 10 Jan 1739), Tutor 1737; BA 1731; MA 1734; ordained; Curate, Ashendon, Bucks., 1737; Perpetual Curate of Hawkhurst, Kent 1737-9; Vicar of Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucs., from 1739; Rector of Almondsbury, Gloucs., 1755-65; [perhaps Minor Canon of St. Paul’s 14 Dec 1758 - Dec 1764]; Minor Canon of Canterbury from c. 1765; m. 1st, 13 Dec 1735 Dorothy, dau. of Roger Kennett, Faversham, Kent; m. 2nd, by 1765, Hannah ---; d. 6 Aug 1775, aged 66 (M. I. Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucs. ).
TATNALL, ROBERT, of Lincolnshire; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1648, adm. pens. 20 May 1648, scholar 1649, matr. Mich. 1651; BA 1651/2; MA 1655 (incorp. Oxford 10 Jul 1655); mandate for his DD rejected by Cambridge Univ. 1668; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1653 - c. 1659; Minister of St. John the Evangelist, Westminster 1651 until ejectment for nonconformity 1662; subsequently kept a school; author An Antidote against Sinfull Palpitation of the Heart, or Fear of Death, 1655; licensed as Presbyterian preacher at his house in Broad Street 2 Apr 1672; m. 24 Mar 1658/9 Margaret ---.
TATTERSALL, GEORGE, second son of William De Chair Tattersall (qv); bapt. Wotton under Edge, Gloucs. 14 Mar 1781 (IGI); adm. 16 Jan 1793 (Clapham); KS (aged 14) 1795; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1799, adm. pens. 6 May 1799, scholar 25 Apr 1800, matr. 1800; Ensign, 65th Foot 27 Apr 1802; Lieut., 28 Jun 1803; retd. 30 Oct 1803; for a time in medical profession; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 7 Jan 1817; ordained; Curate, Westbourne, Sussex, from 1819; m. Charlotte, dau. of Col. --- Johnstone, 63rd Foot; d. 11 May 1823.
TATTERSALL, JAMES, eldest son of William De Chair Tattersall (qv); b.; adm. 16 Jan 1793 (Clapham); KS (aged 14) 1794; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1798, matr. 6 Jun 1798, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1798 - Jun 1806, Faculty Student 25 Jun 1806 - 6 Nov 1817 (void by marriage); BA 1802; MA 1805; MB 1806; MD 1811; Physician to the Surrey Dispensary; FRCP 1813, Gulstonian Lecturer 1814, Censor 1816, 1827, Harveian Orator 1832; lic. to m. 10 Sep 1817 Jane Louisa, widow of Lieut. -Col. Richard Taylor, and dau. of --- Justamond; d. 8 May 1855.
TATTERSALL, JOHN, son of John Tattersall, Ealing, Middlesex, and Charlotte, dau. of George Cooper, Wotton under Edge, Gloucs.; grandson of William De Chair Tattersall (qv); b. 16 May 1814; adm. 10 Oct 1827 (Stikeman's); KS 1828; left 1832; Searcher, Customs, London 9 Dec 1843; retd. 3 Jun 1860; adm. Middle Temple 26 Jan 1861, called to bar 17 Nov 1863; m. 6 Dec 1838 Arabella Louisa, youngest dau. of Rev. Thomas Cautley, Rector of Stratford St. Mary, Suffolk; d. 4 Feb 1873.
TATTERSALL, WILLIAM DE CHAIR, third son of James Tattersall (adm. 1724/5); b. 31 Aug 1751; in school lists 1764; KS (aged 13) 1765; his acting in role of Phormio in the Latin Play of 1769 is said to have been praised by Garrick; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1770, matr. 15 Jun 1770, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1770 - void 12 Apr 1779 (expiry year of grace as R. Westbourne from 18 Jun 1778); BA 1774; MA 1777; ordained priest (Winchester) 21 Sep 1775; Curate, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London, in 1775-7; Vicar of Wotton under Edge, Gloucs. 13 Jun 1778; Rector of Westbourne, Sussex, from 1778; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III and IV from 1803; Vicar of Ledsham, Yorks. , 20 May 1813-20; JP Gloucestershire; author, A Version or Paraphrase of the Psalms by J. Merrick, adapted to the Purposes of Devotion, 1789, and the first part of An Improved Psalmody, 1794; m. 16 Feb 1779 Mary, eldest dau. of George Ward, Wandsworth, Surrey; d. 26 Mar 1829. DNB.
TATTON, WILLIAM, son of George Tatton, London; b.; adm.; KS 1674; failed to obtain election 1677; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1678, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1678, aged 18, scholar 1679, matr. 1679; BA 1683/4; ordained deacon (Winchester) 23 Sep 1683; Curate, Wandsworth, Surrey 1683.
TAUNTON, SIR WILLIAM ELIAS, eldest son of Sir William Elias Taunton, Kt, Town Clerk of Oxford, and Frances, dau. of Stephen Grosvenor, Sub-Treasurer, Christ Church, Oxford; bapt. 28 Sep 1772; adm. 15 Jan 1785; KS 1785; one of the founders of The Trifler; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1789, matr. 12 Jun 1789, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1789 - void 25 Jun 1801; Chancellor’s Prize for English Essay 1793; BA 1793; MA 1796; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Jan 1794, called to bar 3 May 1799, Bencher 30 Jan 1822 - 11 Nov 1830; Oxford Circuit; Commissioner of Bankrupts 1801 (occurs in annual lists 1802-22); Recorder of Oxford 1806; KC Hilary 1822; Serjeant-at-Law 11 Nov 1830; Judge of the King’s Bench from 12 Nov 1830; knighted 17 Nov 1830; assisted in preparing the Record Commission’s edition of The Statutes of the Realm, published 1810-22; author, Remarks upon the Conduct of the respective Governments of France and Great Britain in the late Negotiation for Peace, 1797; m. 10 Oct 1814 Maria, youngest dau. of Henry William Atkinson, Provost, Company of Moneyers, Royal Mint; d. 11 Jan 1835. DNB.