SEWARD, JOHN, son of Rev. Charles Seward, Curate, Kensington, Middlesex, and Elizabeth Baker (IGI); bapt. St. Mary Abbots, Kensington 30 Apr 1675 (IGI); adm.; KS 1692; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1695, adm. pens. 28 May 1695, aged 18, scholar from 24 Apr 1696, matr. 1695; buried St. Michael’s, Cambridge 17 Dec 1696.

SHARP, NICHOLAS, of Surrey; b.; adm.; QS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1563, aged 15, Westminster Student 7 Jan 1563/4 –9; BA 16 Jan 1567/8; adm. Gray’s Inn 1576 [check].

SHARPE, FANE WILLIAM, eldest son of John Sharpe MP, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, Solicitor to the Treasury, and Olive Cartwright, Holborn; nephew of Gregory Sharpe (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1737/8; KS (Capt. ) 1743; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1747, matr. 26 Jun 1747, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1747 – void by marriage 26 Mar 1752; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Aug 1747; MP Callington from 11 Feb 1756; FRS 5 Jul 1764; FSA 17 Dec 1767; bequeathed £500 for the use of the King’s Scholars elected annually to the Universities; m. 17 Mar 1752 Mary, only child of George Newport, London, merchant; d. 21 Oct 1771.

By his will dated 30 Sep 1771 (proved 8 Nov 1771) he gave to William Markham (adm.1733, qv), formerly Head Master of the School and then Bishop of Chester, and to John Thomas, Dean of Westminster, “the sum of £500 to be by them disposed of [for] the benefit of Westminster School or College as they shall think fit”. The fund was subsequently consolidated with the School Exhibition Fund, and the benefaction was commemorated by an exhibition known as the F.W.Sharpe exhibition.

SHENTON, SAMUEL, son of Rev. Samuel Shenton, Wallingford, Berks.; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1728/9; Min. Can. 1730; KS 1731; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1735, but went to Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Apr 1736. [Probably son of Samuel Shenton (QS 1704, qv) : Samuel Shenton, Rector of Wallingford 1690-1719, would have been his grandfather].

SHERING (or SHEERING), EDMUND, son of Edmund Shering, Lillington, Dorset; b.; adm.; KS in 1656; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1659, matr. 9 Dec 1659, Westminster Student; BA 1663; MA 1666; ordained; Vicar of Christ Church, Newgate Street, with St. Leonard, Foster Lane, from 9 Jul 1672; d. 16 Dec 1690, aged 48.

SHERLEY, WALSINGHAM, sixth son of Anthony Sherley, Preston, Sussex, and Barbara, third dau. of Sir Thomas Walsingham, Kt; bapt. 28 Jul 1589; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1608, adm. scholar 1609, matr. Easter 1609; BA 1612/3; MA 1616; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1614 – c. 1621; ordained; Rector of Stepney, Middlesex 18 Feb 1618/9 –28; Vicar of Hawnes, Beds., from 1624; m. 5 Feb 1623/4 Constance Grub; d. 13 Jun 1637.

SHORT, AUGUSTUS, brother of Mayow Short (adm. 1809, qv); b. 11 Jun 1802; adm. 23 Jan 1809 (G); left Christmas 1809; readm. Nov 1811; KS 1816; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1820, matr. 12 May 1820, Westminster Student 1820-35 (check), Tutor and Lecturer 1829, Librarian and Censor 1833; 1st cl. Classics 1823; BA 1824; MA 1826; DD 1847; Public Examiner 1833-4; adm. Middle Temple 5 Jun 1817; ordained deacon 1826, priest 1827 (both Oxford); Curate, Culham, Oxfordshire 1827; Rector of Ravensthorpe, Northants 10 Jun 1835-47; Select Preacher, Oxford Univ. 1843, Bampton Lecturer 1846; consecrated first Bishop of Adelaide, Australia 29 Jun 1847; resigned see 1882 and returned to England; m. 10 Dec 1835 Millicent Clara, second dau. of John Phillips, Culham House, Oxfordshire; d. 5 Oct 1883. DNB.

SHORT, MAYOW, second son of Charles Short, Emsworth, Hampshire, barrister, Bencher, Middle Temple, and Grace, dau. of Humphrey Millett, Enys, Cornwall; b. Jan 1800; adm. 3 Jan 1809; Min. Can. 1813; KS 1814; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1817, matr. 22 May 1817, Westminster Student (still 1829); BA 1821; MA 1823; adm. Middle Temple 9 Jan 1815, called to bar 13 Jun 1823; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Nov 1831; equity draftsman, Western Circuit; Quarter Sessions Judge, Kingston, Jamaica 1836-56; Registrar, Married Women’s Property Act, from 1857; m. 1st, 1 Sep 1835 Frances, widow of John Shawe Phillips, Culham, Oxfordshire; m. 2nd, 15 Jun 1847 Annis Rachel, dau. of Rev. Richard Panton DD, Widcombe, Somerset; d. 28 Jan 1869.

SHORT, THOMAS VOWLER, eldest son of Ven. William Short DD, Archdeacon of Cornwall, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Tilliman Hodgkinson, Rector of Sarsden, Oxfordshire; b. 16 Sep 1790; adm. 1803; KS 1805; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1809, matr. 17 May 1809, Westminster Student, Tutor and Censor 1816-29; 1st cl. Classics and 1st cl. Mathematics 1812; BA 1813; MA 1815; BD 1824; DD 1837; Proctor 1823; Public Examiner 1820, 1821, 1824; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1813, priest 18 Dec 1814 (both Oxford); Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire 1816-23; Select Preacher, Oxford 1823, 1830, Whitehall Preacher 1823 (still 1829); Rector of Stockleigh Pomeroy, Devon 1823-6; Rector of Kingsworthy, Hampshire 1826-34; Rector of St. George’s, Bloomsbury, London 21 Feb 1834-41; consecrated Bishop of Sodor and Man 30 May 1841; translated to St. Asaph 21 Nov 1846; res. St. Asaph 1870; author, Sketch of the History of the Church of England, 1832, and other works; m. 26 Feb 1833 Mary, widow of John Josias Conybeare (qv), and dau. of Rev. Charles Davis, Fellow of Pembroke Coll., Oxford; d. 13 Apr 1872. DNB.