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Richardson, William, 1698-1775
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1698-1775
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RICHARDSON, WILLIAM, son of Rev. Samuel Richardson, Vicar of Wilshamstead, Beds., and Prebendary of Lincoln, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Samuel Bentham, Rector of Knebworth, Herts., and Prebendary of Lincoln; b. 23 Jul 1698; adm. (education at the School recorded by Alum. Cant. ); Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 19 Mar 1715/6, scholar and Johnson exhibitioner; BA 1719/20; MA 1723; BD and DD 1735; ordained deacon 25 Sep 1720, priest 23 Sep 1722 (both Lincoln); Prebendary of Lincoln 24 Oct 1724 – Mar 1760; Lecturer, St. Olave’s, Southwark, Surrey 1726; Master of Emmanuel Coll. from 10 Aug 1736; Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge Univ. 1737-8, 1769-70; Chaplain in Ordinary to George II and III 1746-68; Precentor of Lincoln from 12 Mar 1760, after a long law suit; edited Godwin, De Praesulibus Angliae Commentarii, 1743; FSA 19 Jun 1735; left several MS volumes relating to Cambridge Univ. and its members; m. 1728 Anne, widow of Capt. David Durell, and only dau. of William Howe, Cheshire; d. 15 Mar 1775. DNB.
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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.