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HEATH, JOHN, son of Thomas Heath, Alderman of Exeter, and his first wife Ann Pyne, Exeter; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1748 (Porten's); KS 1749; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1754, matr. 18 Jun 1754, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1754 – Nov 1764, Faculty Student 2 Nov 1764 – 12 Jul 1781; BA 1758; MA 1762; adm. Inner Temple May 1759, called to bar 25 Jun 1762; Serjeant at Law 17 May 1775; Recorder of Exeter 25 Sep 1779 – Jul 1780; a Judge of the Common Pleas from 19 Jul 1780; refused knighthood, preferring to remain “plain John Heath”; d. unm. 16 Jan 1816. DNB.

COURTENAY, WILLIAM, eldest son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (adm. 1724/5, qv); b. 9 Sep 1738; adm. Jun 1748 (Porten's); KS 1752; Capt. of the School 1756; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1757, matr. 8 Jun 1757, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1758 - 8 Nov 1760, void on election to Fellowship All Souls; BA 1761; MA 1774; Fellow, All Souls Coll., 1760; adm. Middle Temple 30 Dec 1761; ordained deacon 29 May 1774, priest 24 Jun 1774 (both Winchester); Rector of Kenn, Devon, 29 Jun 1774; Rector of Little Hempston, Devon, 1777; patentee of the Subpoena Office in Court of Chancery from 26 May 1778; m. 31 Dec 1764 Anne, dau. of John Downes, Otterbury, Hampshire; d. 27 Nov 1783.

WILLAUME, CHARLES DYMOKE, brother of Edward Willaume (qv); bapt. Tingrith, Beds. 8 Mar 1738 [or 1738/9]; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1748 (Gibson's); KS 1752; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1757, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1757, scholar 11 May 1759, readm. as fellow commoner 20 Apr 1762, matr. 1758; BA 1761; of Tingrith, Beds.; m. 1st, 8 Jan 1772 Mary Hamilton, Tingrith, Beds.; m. 2nd, ---; buried Tingrith, Beds., 3 Feb 1807.

GLASSE, SAMUEL, second son of Rev. Richard Glasse, Vicar of Purton, Wilts., and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Samuel Arnold, Rector of Nettleton, Wilts.; bapt. 18 Jun 1734; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1748 (Peirson's); KS (Capt. ) 1749; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1752, matr. 4 Jun 1752, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1752 - void by marriage 3 Aug 1757, readm. as fellow commoner 4 Aug 1757; BA 1756; MA 1759; BD and DD 1769; ordained priest (Canterbury) 24 Sep 1758; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III 1772 - still 1793; Rector of Hanwell, Middlesex 16 Aug 1780-5; Vicar of Epsom, Surrey 13 Nov 1782-5; Vicar of Wanstead, Essex 1786; Prebendary of Wells from 15 Apr 1791; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 29 Nov 1797; FRS 5 Jul 1764; a popular and eloquent preacher; JP Middlesex; author, The Piety Wisdom and Policy of promoting Sunday Schools, 1786, and other works; m. 28 Jul 1757 Hannah, dau. of Giles Clutterbuck, Mill End, Eastington, Gloucs.; d. 27 Apr 1812. DNB.

BULLOCK, JOHN, second son of Rev. Richard Bullock DD, Rector of Streatham, Surrey, and Prebendary of Westminster, and Whalley, dau. of Richard Berney, Norfolk; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1747/8 (Hawkins'); KS 1748; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1752, adm. pens. 27 May 1752, scholar 18 May 1753, matr. Easter 1753; BA 1756; MA 1771; ordained deacon (London) 6 Mar 1757; Rector of Radwinter, Essex, from 1758; Rector of Boreham, Essex, from 1770; m. 3 Jul 1759 Elizabeth Lagden, Saffron Walden, Essex; d. 13 Oct 1794.

AGAR, CHARLES, 1ST EARL OF NORMANTON (I), brother of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b. 22 Dec 1736; adm. Jun 1747 (Grant's); KS 1751; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1755, but went to Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 31 May 1755, commoner 1755-6, Canoneer Student 9 Jul 1756 – void 7 Nov 1764 (expiry year of grace as D. Kilmore from 4 Nov 1763), Tutor 1763; BA 1759; MA 1762; DCL 31 Dec 1765; ordained deacon 2 Mar 1760, priest 17 May 1761 (both Oxford); Chaplain to 1st Duke of Northumberland when Lord Lieut. Ireland, 1763; Dean of Kilmore 22 May 1765 [but year of grace from 4 Nov 1763, check]; consecrated Bishop of Cloyne 20 Mar 1768; enthroned Archbishop of Cashel 19 Aug 1779; translated to Dublin 7 Dec 1801; Privy Councillor (I) 15 Nov 1779; created Baron Somerton (I) 12 Jun 1795; Viscount Somerton (I) 30 Dec 1800; Earl of Normanton (I) 4 Feb 1806; an Irish Representative Peer in first UK Parliament; amassed a considerable fortune, and completed the destruction of the mediaeval cathedral on the Rock of Cashel; m. 22 Nov 1776 Jane, eldest dau. of William Benson, Downpatrick, co. Down; d. 14 Jul 1809; buried in North Transept, Westminster Abbey, with monument in North Aisle of Choir. DNB.

MOSTYN, THOMAS, youngest son of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. (adm. 1716, qv); b. 6 Nov 1737; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1747 (Hawkins'); KS (Capt. ) 1751; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1755, matr. 28 May 1755, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1756 – void 12 Mar 1772 (expiry year of grace as R. Llanycil from 21 Mar 1771); BA 1759; MA 1762; ordained deacon 6 Jun 1762, priest 29 Jun 1763 (both Oxford); Rector of Llanycil, Merioneth 1771-82; Rector of Christleton, Cheshire, from 5 May 1775; Vicar of Northenden, Cheshire, from 13 Apr 1782; Prebendary of St. Asaph 25 Feb 1773 – 6; Prebendary of Chester from 14 May 1776; d. 5 Dec 1808.

HODGKIN, JOSEPH, son of Joseph Hodgkin, Beddington, Surrey, and Mary ---; bapt. Beddington, Surrey 28 Sep 1737; adm. (aged 9) Feb 1746/7 (Hawkins'); KS (Capt. ) 1752; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1756, matr. 16 Jun 1756, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1757 – res 8 Jan 1763; BA 1760; ordained deacon (Winchester) 27 Feb 1763, priest (Oxford) 1 Jun 1763; Curate of Hambledon, Surrey 1763; Rector of Elmswell, Suffolk, from 1767; m. Jane, dau. of Rev. Edward Eliot, Rector of Dunsfold, Surrey; d. 3 Oct 1809.

BURNABY, ANDREW, eldest son of Rev. Andrew Burnaby, Brampton Manor House, Hunts., Prebendary of Lincoln and Rector of Asfordby, Leics., and Hannah, dau. of George Beaumont, Darton, Yorks.; b. 16 Aug 1732 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Jan 1746/7 (Preston's); Min. Can. 1747; KS 1748; left 1748; Queen’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Mar 1749/50, matr. 1750; BA 1754; MA 1757; DD 1776; ordained deacon 23 Feb 1755, priest 19 Sep 1756 (both Lincoln); travelled in North America 1759-60; Chaplain at Leghorn, 1762-7; Vicar of Greenwich, Kent, from 1769; Archdeacon of Leicester from 25 Jan 1786; author, Travels through the Middle Settlements of North America, 1775, A Jounal of a Tour in Corsica in the Year 1766, 1804, and other works; m. 26 Feb 1770 Anna, dau. of John Edwyn, Baggrave Hall, Leics.; d. 9 Mar 1812. DNB.

MONCK, JOHN, son of William Monck, Cecil Street, London, Bencher Middle Temple, barrister, and Dorothy, dau. of Thomas Bligh MP (I), Rathmore, co. Meath, and sister of John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley (I); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1746/7 (Watts'); KS 1750; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1754, matr. 18 Jun 1754, Westminster Student 13 Jun 1755 – Mar 1764, Faculty Student 28 Mar 1764 – void by marriage 28 Mar 1767; BCL 1761; adm. Middle Temple 21 Jul 1749, called to bar 2 Jul 1756; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 May 1758; travelling in Italy 1763-4; lived at Bath for many years; m. (settlement 14 Feb 1767) Emily, a widow, dau. of Samuel Snee, Bloomsbury Square, London; d. 12 Nov 1809.