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VINCENT, THOMAS, son of George Giles Vincent (qv), and his second wife; b. 26 Nov 1819; adm. 20 Apr 1830; KS 1834; left 1838; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge; BA 1842; MA 1845; ordained deacon 18 Dec 1842, priest 17 Dec 1843 (both Winchester); Curate, Long Sutton, Hampshire 1842-4, Bolney, Sussex 1845-6, Wantage, Berks., 1847-68; Chaplain, St. Mary’s Home for Penitents, Wantage, Berks., 1860-8; Rector of Pusey, Berks., 1868-89; author, Some Account of St. Mary’s Home for Penitents at Wantage, 1852, and other works; m. 6 Oct 1857 Dora, dau. of William Watkins, Badby, Northants; d. 4 Mar 1908.

VINCENT, RICHARD, third son of Rev. George Vincent, Rector of Sheepy, Leics. (southern mediety), and Elizabeth, dau. of William Haly, Harborough, Leics.; bapt. Sheepy Magna, Leics., 21 Feb 1692 (IGI); adm.; QS (aged 15) 1708; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1713, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1713, aged 19, scholar 9 Apr 1714, matr. 1714; 1st in “ordo” 1716/7; BA 1716/7; MA 1720; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1719, Major Fellow 11 Jul 1720; ordained deacon 13 Mar 1719/20, priest 31 May 1724 (both London); Rector of Church Langton, Leics.; Rector of Castlecaulfield, co. Tyrone; Rector of Donaghmore, co. Tyrone; m. Ann Thomas; d. 1774.

VINCENT, RICHARD BLACKALL, elder son of John Blackall, The Hill, Loughall, co. Armagh, Ireland, and Mary, dau. of Richard Vincent (QS 1708, qv); b.; assumed additional surname of Vincent under will of his grandfather; adm. 12 Jun 1779; KS (aged 15) 1781; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1785, adm. pens. 25 May 1785, scholar 5 May 1786, matr. 1785; BA 1789; ordained; Prebendary of Clonfert from 22 Dec 1803; Archdeacon of Kilmacduagh 22 Dec 1803 - Mar 1815; d. 1834.

VINCENT, JOHN, son of John Vincent, Fontmell, Dorset, edge tool maker, and a younger brother of Thomas Vincent, Under Master; b.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1647, but he had been detained at school “through the exigence of warre” and was granted seniority at Christ Church as if he had been elected on 1 May 1646 (Burrows, ed., 1881, 268), Westminster Student (still 1663, no longer by Dec 1665); submitted to Parliamentary Visitors 14 Jul 1648 (Burrows, op. cit., 155); BA 1650; MA 1652; ordained; Curate, Benson, Oxfordshire 1655; d. St. Clement’s parish, Ipswich, Suffolk May 1665, when he was described as a “minister”, lately of Christ Church, Oxford (A. G. E. Jones, “The Great Plague in Ipswich 1665-1666”, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology, 27-8, 1958, 89). Will made on board ship Unicorn at Harwich 12 Apr 1665, proved PCC 18 Sep 1665

VINCENT, GEORGE, son of George Giles Vincent (qv), and his first wife; b. 8 Jun 1807; adm. 10 Jan 1820; KS 1822; an attorney; Steward of the Manors of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; m. 14 Oct 1835 Caroline, sister of Charles Arthur Bedford (qv); d. 25 Mar 1851.

VINCENT, EDWARD ODELL, son of Joseph Vincent, Oxford, proprietor and printer Oxford University Herald; b. 14 Apr 1835; adm. 5 Oct 1845 (Rigaud's); QS 1849; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1853, adm. 7 May 1853, scholar 1854; BA 1857; MA 1860; ordained deacon 1860, priest 1862 (both Oxford); Curate, Ducklington, Oxfordshire 1860-2, Northam, Devon 1864-8; Principal, Brixton Hill College, Surrey 1870-86; m. Frances E. M. A. --- (by 1881); d. 17 Feb 1927.

VINCENT, DORMER, eldest son of Francis Vincent, Inner Temple, London, and Mercy, widow of Thomas Adderley, Weddington Hall, Warwicks., and third dau. of Rev. Dormer Sheldon, Abberton, Worcs.; b.; adm. 4 Feb 1773; KS (aged 13) 1775; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Dec 1779; Ensign, 33rd Foot 18 Sep 1780; Lieut., 22nd Foot 1 Feb 1782; half-pay 69th Foot 24 Mar 1787; 5th Foot 30 Oct 1799; half-pay 1802-4; Capt., 17 Mar 1804; 38th Foot 3 Aug 1804; d. Dec 1806.

VILLIERS, GEORGE, only son of Capt. Edward Villiers, Worcester, and Joan, dau. of William Heming, Worcester, brewer; b. 11 Apr 1690; adm.; QS 1705; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1709, matr. 18 Jun 1709, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1709 - void 1723, Tutor 1716; BA 1713; MA 1716; ordained deacon (Winchester) 4 Jun 1721; Vicar of Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, from 1723; claimed Earldom of Buckingham 1734, but never assumed title; m. 14 Nov 1722 Catherine, dau. of Thomas Stephens, Worcester; d. Apr 1748.

VILLA, JOHN, son of Peter Villa, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London, and Anne Gibson; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 13 Oct 1670 (IGI); adm.; KS 1684; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1687, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1687, aged 16, scholar 1688, matr. 1687; BA 1690/1; ordained deacon 22 May 1692, priest 4 Jun 1699 [sic : check] (both Lincoln); Vicar of Sundon, Beds., 1692-8; Rector of Wakerley, Northants 4 May 1714-30; tutor to Princess Royal of Prussia (in 1729); Rector of St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, from 3 Jul 1730; lic. to m. 15 Dec 1718 Deborah Horn, St. Martin’s, Stamford, Lincs.; d. 1736. [Presumably John Villa, London, who was at Padua, Italy, 11 May 1701].

Vigor, Robert Harold, son of Harold Decimus Vigor of Keston, Kent, and Rosa Mary, d. of Wal­ter Laurence Hodder of Frome, Somerset; b. 19 June 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (KS); left July 1932; horticulture in N. Ireland; m. 15 Sept. 1942 Brigid Nessa, d. of Edward John Donelly of Stewartstown, Co. Tyrone; d. 23 Mar. 1996.