SYMNS, ROBERT CORSER MONTFORT, eldest son of Rev. John Edward Symns, Headmaster, Bancroft’s School, Woodford, Essex, and Mary, second dau. of Robert Corser, Redhill, Surrey; b. 30 Sep 1867; at St. Paul’s Sch. 1878-9; adm. 16 Jun 1881; QS 1881; left Easter 1884; went to King’s Coll. Sch.; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1886; Indian Civil Service 1886; arrived in Burma 12 Dec 1888; Assistant Commissioner, Burma 1888; acting Under-Secretary and acting Deputy Commissioner Feb 1901; retd. Oct 1913; m. 3 Jan 1894 Mary Pauline, second dau. of William Jones, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; d. 6 Apr 1929.

SYMONDS, ---; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1655 (Buttery Book), but did not matr. and his name is not found in Alum. Oxon.

SYMONDS, THOMAS, son of Samuel Symonds, Moreton, Berks.; b. 23 Jul 1709; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1719; Min. Can. 1724; KS 1725; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1729, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1729, scholar 17 Apr 1730, matr. 1729; BA 1732/3; MA 1736; BD and DD 1773; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1735, Major Fellow 3 Jul 1736; ordained priest (Norwich) Mar 1733/4; Vicar of Kendal, Westmorland, from 1745; m. Esther ---; d. 16 Feb 1789. [presumably m. 16 Nov 1773 Esther Scott (IGI)]

Tabor, Francis John, son of Richard John Tabor, of Ealing, by Lilian Maria, daughter of Philip Albert Sheaff, of Ealing; b. Oct. 3, 1905; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1918; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1924, matric. Michaelmas 1924; B.A. 1931; p; M.A. 1938; a school master, now a solicitor; served in Great War II with the Royal Signals 1940-5; d. 2 June 1981.

TALBOT, JAMES, son of James Talbot, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS 1678; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1683, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1683, aged 18, scholar 10 Apr 1684, matr. 1683; 7th in “ordo” 1686/7; BA 1686/7; MA 1690 (incorp. Oxford 19 Jun 1691); DD 1705; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1689, Major Fellow 1 Jul 1690 ñ c. 1701, Tutor 1692; ordained priest 1697; Regius Professor of Hebrew, Cambridge Univ. 1699-1704; supervised the Cambridge edition of Horace, published 1704; Chaplain to Charles, 6th Duke of Somerset, Chancellor, Cambridge Univ.; Rector of Spofforth, Yorks., from 1700; Prebendary of Ripon from 12 Aug 1708; m. 26 Aug 1701 Katherine Narden, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; d. 28 Oct 1708.

TALBOT, THOMAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 1677.

TANQUERAY, DAVID, elder son of David Tanqueray, St. Martin’s in the Fields, Westminster, goldsmith, and Anne, elder dau. of David Willaume, Pall Mall, London, goldsmith; b.; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1730/1; Min. Can. 1736; KS 1737; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1741, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 May 1741; BA 1745; MA 1749; ordained; [Chaplain, 32nd Foot 10 Oct 1744 - still 1759 ?]; Rector of Cranley, Surrey 18 Aug 1751-60; Rector of Bow Brickhill, Bucks., from 2 Dec 1760; buried Woburn, Beds., 20 Jul 1780.

TASWELL, EDWARD, eldest son of William Taswell (adm. 1660, qv); bapt. St. Mary at Hill, London 26 Apr 1696 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 12) 1709, 1710; QS 1711; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1715, matr. 23 Jun 1715, aged 19, Westminster Student 12 Dec 1715 - expelled 1718, “for strange crimes” (Hearne, Remarks and Collections, vii, 335).

TASWELL, JAMES, son of William Taswell (adm. 1660, qv); b.; adm.; QS (aged 12) 1713; failed to obtain election to either University 1718; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 May 1718, aged 17; denied BA degree Mar 1721/2 as having been “guilty of strange robberies, and indeed, of all manner of wickedness” (Hearne, Remarks and Collections, vii, 334).

TASWELL, WILLIAM, second son of James Taswell, Cowes, Isle of Wight, merchant, and his first wife Elizabeth Upsal; b. 1 May 1652; adm. 1660; KS 4 May 1667; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1667, matr. 8 Jul 1670, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1670 ñ void 1694, Tutor 1678-87, Junior Censor 1682-3, Catechist 1687-8; BA 1674; MA 1677; BD 1685 (incorp. Cambridge 1685); DD 1698; ordained deacon 2 Mar 1681/2, priest 11 Jun 1682 (both Oxford); Rector of Wood Norton, Norfolk 1691/2-8; Rector of St. Maryís, Newington Butts, Surrey, from 1698; Rector of Bermondsey, Surrey 10 Feb 1723/4 - 1726/7; referred to by Sir Richard Steele in no. 55 of the Tatler as ìMr. Caswellî; his Autobiography, printed Camden Miscellany II (Camden Soc. Pub., 1st ser., lv), contains many interesting references to his school life; author, Antichrist revealed among the Sect of Quakers, 1723, and other works; m. 21 May 1695 Frances, dau. of Rev. Edward Lake DD, Archdeacon and Prebendary of Exeter; d. 16 Jun 1731.