Atterbury, Lewis, 1656-1731

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Atterbury, Lewis, 1656-1731

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        1656-1731

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        ATTERBURY, LEWIS, elder son of Rev. Lewis Atterbury DD, Prebendary of Lincoln and Rector of Milton Keynes, Bucks., and Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Giffard, North Crawley, Bucks.; b. 2 May 1656; at school under Busby (Memoirs and Correspondence of Francis Atterbury, 1864, i, 8); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Apr 1674; BA 1677; MA 1680 (incorp. Camb. 1681); BCL and DCL 1687; ordained deacon (Oxford) 21 Sep 1679, priest 25 Sep 1680; Chaplain to Lord Mayor of London 1683; Rector of Sywell, Northants., 2 Feb 1684/5 - 1707; Lecturer, St. Mary at Hill, London 1691; Preacher, Highgate Chapel from 16 Jun 1695; Rector of Shepperton, Middlesex, from 30 Sep 1707; Rector of Hornsey, Middlesex, from 3 Mar 1719/20; Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Anne and George I; was refused the post of Archdeacon of Rochester in 1720 by his brother Francis, who considered that such an appointment would have been “the most unseemly indecent thing in the world”; author, several volumes of sermons, and two translations from the French; lic. to m. 24 Dec 1688 Penelope, dau. of John Bedingfeld, Isleworth, Middlesex; d. 20 Oct 1731. DNB.

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        Atterbury, Francis, 1663-1732 (1663-1732)

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        GB-2014-WSA-00244

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        Atterbury, Francis, 1663-1732 is the sibling of Atterbury, Lewis, 1656-1731

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        Atterbury, Francis, 1663-1732 (1663-1732)

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        Atterbury, Francis, 1663-1732 is the sibling of Atterbury, Lewis, 1656-1731

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        International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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