ANSELL, JOHN, eldest son of Thomas Ansell, Twickenham, Middlesex, apothecary, and his first wife Elinor Halsey; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1724/5; in under school list 1729; apothecary, Twickenham, Middlesex; m. Jane, dau. of Rev. Henry Jodrell, Rector of Ickenham, Middlesex; will proved PCC 14 Jan 1757.
ANSELL, ROBERT, brother of John Ansell (qv); b.; adm. (aged 7) Jan 1731/2; left 1739; apprenticed to Gilbert Jodrell, Lincoln’s Inn, attorney 17 Aug 1743.
ANSELL, THOMAS, brother of John Ansell (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Oct 1730; in school list 1733 (name read as Aneck); left 1738; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. scholar 28 Feb 1738/9, matr. 1739; LLB 1744; Fellow 31 Oct 1747-66; reprimanded by the Vice-Chancellor for interfering with the Senior Proctor in the exercise of his duties on the occasion of the Westminster Club dinner, at which Thomas Francklyn (qv) presided, 17 Nov 1750, and on account of his unseemly behaviour in his defence in court, was suspended “ab omni gradu suscepto et suscipiendo”; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Apr 1738, called to bar 17 Nov 1748; his chambers at 10 New Square were destroyed by fire 27 Jun 1752 (Lincoln’s Inn Black Books iii, 359, 473); d. 1766 (will proved PCC 15 Oct 1766).
ANSLETTE, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS in 1572 (Minutes of Chapter).
ANSTEY, ---; b.; adm. Midsummer 1809; left 1810.
ANSTICE, JOSEPH, second son of William Anstice, Madeley, Shropshire, ironmaster, by Penelope, youngest dau. of John Poole, Marshmill, Over Stowey, Somerset; b. 21 Dec 1808; adm. 30 Sep 1822 (Stelfox's); KS (Capt. ) 1823; Capt. of the School 1826; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1827, Westminster Student, matr. 30 May 1827; Newdigate Prize 1828; 1st cl. Classics and Mathematics 1830; Chancellor’s English Essay Prize 1834; BA 1831; MA 1835; Professor of Classical Literature, King’s Coll. London 1831-5; classical scholar and hymn writer; author, Selections from the Classic Poetry of the Greek Dramatic Writers, and other works; m. 10 Jul 1832 Elizabeth Spencer, dau. of Joseph Ruscombe Poole, Bridgewater, Somerset, solicitor; d. 29 Feb 1836. DNB.
Anstice, Robert Richard, 1813-1853
ANSTICE, ROBERT RICHARD, brother of Joseph Anstice (qv); b. 9 Apr 1813; adm. 20 Sep 1826 (Stelfox's); KS 1827; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1831, Westminster Student, matr. 21 May 1831; 1st cl. Mathematics 1834; Mathematical Scholar 1835; BA 1835; MA 1837; ordained 1846; Perpetual Curate of Wigginton, Herts., from 1847; d. 17 Dec 1853.
ANSTIS, GEORGE, brother of John Anstis (qv); bapt. 7 Apr 1712; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1720/1; in under school list 1724; adm. Middle Temple 2 Jul 1723; under private tuition of Michael Maittaire (qv) before going up to university; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1728; BCL 1735; like his brother John was unsuccessful in his claim for a Fellowship of All Souls as founder’s kin; ordained; Rector of Bradwell, Essex 8 Nov 1736-7; Vicar of Colyton, Devon, from 30 Sep 1737, and Vicar of Axmouth, Devon, from 5 Feb 1747/8; m. 16 Jul 1749 Elizabeth, only dau. of Sir William Pole, Bart., MP; d. 23 May 1764.
ANSTIS, JOHN, son of John Anstis MP, West North, Duloe, Cornwall, barrister, Garter King of Arms and Bencher, Middle Temple, and Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Cudlipp, Tavistock, Devon; b.; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1719; in under school list 1721; under private tuition of Michael Maittaire (qv) for about two years before going up to university (Hearne, ix, 383); Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 Sept 1725; claimed a fellowship at All Souls Coll. as founder’s kin without success; DCL 13 Apr 1749; Genealogist, Order of the Bath, from 1725; Joint Garter King of Arms with his father 8 Jun 1727-45, sole Garter King of Arms from 4 Mar 1744/5; adm. Inner Temple 13 Nov 1724; adm. Middle Temple 16 Oct 1730, called to bar 29 Oct 1737, Bencher 14 Apr 1749; FSA 21 Jul 1736; d. unm. 5 Dec 1754. DNB.