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BINCKES, WILLIAM, son of Richard Binckes, Cheapside, London, attorney, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Wheler, Martin Hussingtree, Worcs.; b.; adm.; KS 1668; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Apr 1671, aged 18, Wood scholar 6 Nov 1671, matr. 1671; BA 1674/5; MA 1678; DD 1699; Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, 2 Jul 1677-83; ordained; Vicar of Kelshall, Herts., 1681-2; Vicar of Leamington, Warwicks., 1683; Prebendary of Lincoln from 2 May 1683; Prebendary of Lichfield, 15 Jul 1697 - Jun 1703; Proctor in Convocation for Diocese of Lichfield; his sermon preached before the Lower House of Convocation 30 Jan 1701/2, in which he argued that the execution of Charles I was an act of greater enormity than the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, was adjudged by the House of Lords to contain “several expressions that give just scandal and offence to all Christian people”, but the resolution that it should be burnt was negatived (Journals of House of Lords, xvii, 132); Dean of Lichfield from 19 Jun 1703; Prolocutor to Convocation 1705; d. 19 Jun 1712. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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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.