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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.
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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.