WILSON, BERNARD, son of Bernard Wilson, Newark, Notts., hosier, and Anne Tenison; b. 1689; adm.; QS 1704; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1709, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1709, scholar 22 Apr 1710, matr. 1709; BA 1712/3; MA 1719; DD 1737; ordained deacon (London) 16 Mar 1711/2, priest (Lincoln) 26 Feb 1715/6; Rector of Firsby, Lincs., 1715-9; Vicar of Great Steeping, Lincs., 1715-9; Vicar of Newark, Notts., from 17 Apr 1719; Rector of Winthorpe, Notts., 18 Nov 1719 (disp. to hold with Newark); Prebendary of Lincoln from 13 May 1727, Lichfield from 11 Jun 1730, and of Worcester from 13 Oct 1735; adm. Middle Temple 14 Mar 1736/7 [check]; Master of St. Leonard’s Hospital, Newark; amassed a large forune and became a miser in his later years; left a large legacy to Mrs. Thrale; translated the first twenty-six books of De Thou’s Historia sui Temporis, 1729-30; m. 27 Dec 1748 Elizabeth Bradford, Claypole, near Nottingham; d. 30 Apr 1772. DNB.