BARBOR, GEORGE, son of Robert Barbor MP, London and Somerford, Staffs., Clerk of the Privy Seal, attorney, and Anne ---; bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 4 Mar 1728 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Jan 1737/8; KS 1743; still at school 1745; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Feb 1746/7, fellow commoner 19 Nov 1747, matr. 1747. [? ordained; ? Rev. George Barbor, parish St. Andrew’s, Holborn, who m. 24 Jul 1750, Mary Molineux, St. Lawrence Jewry, spinster, (dau. of [Richard ?] Molineux, Cateaton Street, London, a Deputy on Common Council (GM); ? George Barber, Somerford, Staffs., who died 30 Sep 1764]

BARBER, JOHN, son of John Barber, St. Giles’s [check], London; b. 1696; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1711; QS 1712; Capt. of the School 1716; spoke the Latin oration in College Hall at the funeral of Robert South (qv), for the unlicensed printing of which Curll was tossed in a blanket by the boys; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1717, matr. 27 Jun 1717, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1717-25 (void); BA 1721; MA 1724; Master of the Grammar School, Ripon, 1721-30.

BANYER, EDWARD, eldest son of Rev. Edward Banyer DD, Vicar of Royston, Herts., and Mary Glennister (IGI); bapt. Royston, Herts. 9 May 1728 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jan 1740/1 (Russel's); Min. Can. 1741; KS 1742; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1746, adm. pens. 29 May 1746, scholar 22 May 1747, matr. 1747; BA 1749/50; adm. Gray’s Inn 17 Jul 1741; d. Apr 1782.

BANKES, CHARLES, son of Rev. Charles Bankes, London, and Ann (Paling ? (IGI)); bapt. St. Christopher le Stocks, London 2 Aug 1687 (surname given as Banks); adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1704; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1707, matr. 2 Jul 1707, aged 19, Westminster Student from 23 Dec 1707; BA 1711; MA 1715; buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 29 Apr 1718.

BANCROFT, JOHN, son of Christopher Bancroft, Asthall, Oxfordshire, and Audrey Andrews; nephew of Most Rev. Richard Bancroft DD, Archbishop of Canterbury; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1592, matr. 10 Feb 1592/3, aged 18, Westminster Student to (?) 1601, Tutor; BA 1596; MA 1599; BD 1607; DD 24 Jan 1609/10; tutor to Robert Burton, the author of Anatomy of Melancholy; ordained; Rector of Finchley, Middlesex, 11 Dec 1601-8; Rector of Orpington, Kent, 1605-40; Rector of Stormouth, Kent 1608-10; Rector of Woodchurch, Kent, 1609-33; Rector of Biddenden, Kent, 1610-40; Prebendary of St. Paul’s, 23 Oct 1609 – Jun 1632; Master of University Coll., Oxford, 7 Mar 1609/10 - 23 Aug 1632; consecrated Bishop of Oxford 10 Jun 1632; built a residence for himself and his successors in the See of Oxford at Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire; d. 12 Feb 1640/1. DNB.

BANCKES, WILLIAM, son of John Banckes, Rydal, Westmorland, agent to the Fleming family estate at Rydal; bapt. 22 Dec 1657; adm. Jun 1674; KS (Capt. ) 1675; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1678, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1678, aged 20, scholar 1679, matr. 1679; migrated to Pembroke Coll.; BA 1681/2; MA 1685; Fellow of Pembroke Coll. from 1682; Moderator 1685; Taxor 1693; edited Catullus for the Univ. Press; d. 1699 (will proved PCC 4 Aug 1699).

BANBURY, CYPRIAN, son of Henry Banbury, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; bapt. St. Margaret, Westminster 23 Aug 1601; adm.; KS in 1618; Queen’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. as sizar Mich. 1618; BA 1622/3; MA 1626; ordained deacon and priest (both London) 24 Dec 1626; Vicar of Heath, Derbs., 1627; Rector of Barlborough, Derbs., 1639-48; m.; buried at Egham, Surrey 18 Jul 1666.

BAMFIELD, EDWARD; b. ; adm. ; KS 1672.

BALSTON, FRANCIS, sixth son of William Balston, Maidstone, Kent, and Catharine, dau. of Thomas Vallance, Cheapside, London, stationer and papermaker; b. 6 Sep 1819; adm. 26 Apr 1830; KS 1832; Capt. of the School 1836; rowed no. 2 in the race against Eton 12 May 1836; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1837, matr. 5 May 1837, Westminster Student; BA 1841; MA 1843; ordained deacon (Oxford) 17 Dec 1843; Incumbent of Benson, Oxfordshire 1848-50; became Roman Catholic 1850; ordained in Roman Catholic church; a priest at West Grinstead, Sussex; d. unm. 15 Oct 1891.

BALL, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1590, adm. scholar 1591; BA 1594/5; MA 1598; d. in or before 1601.