PETT, PHINEAS, son of John Pett, Maidstone, Kent; b.; adm. 18 Jan 1770; KS (aged 13) 1770; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1774, matr. 1 Jun 1774, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1774 – 14 May 1796 (expiry year of grace as R. Wentnor from 16 May 1795), Tutor 1783-94, Catechist 1783-91, Senior Censor 1783-91, Librarian 1784; BA 1778; MA 1781; BD 1791; DD 1797; Proctor 1785; Whitehall Preacher 1788; his pupils as a tutor at Christ Church included George Canning; ordained priest (Oxford) 29 Oct 1780; Curate, Drayton, Oxfordshire 1787; Vicar of Orton on the Hill, Leics., Apr – Oct 1789; Vicar of Cropredy, Oxfordshire; Rector of Wentnor, Shropshire May 1795 – Dec 1816; Rector of Chilbolton, Hampshire from 1795; Archdeacon of Oxford 1797; Prebendary of Salisbury from 10 Jan 1801; Principal of St. Mary Hall, Oxford 1801-15; Rector of Newington with Brightwell, Oxfordshire 1802 (disp. to hold with R. Chilbolton); Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 30 Dec 1815; m. 1 Oct 1804 Laetitia Andrews, Butlers Marston, Warwicks,; d. 4 Feb 1830. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.