Wilson, Bernard, 1689-1772

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Wilson, Bernard, 1689-1772

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1689-1772

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WILSON, BERNARD, son of Bernard Wilson, Newark, Notts., hosier, and Anne Tenison; b. 1689; adm.; QS 1704; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1709, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1709, scholar 22 Apr 1710, matr. 1709; BA 1712/3; MA 1719; DD 1737; ordained deacon (London) 16 Mar 1711/2, priest (Lincoln) 26 Feb 1715/6; Rector of Firsby, Lincs., 1715-9; Vicar of Great Steeping, Lincs., 1715-9; Vicar of Newark, Notts., from 17 Apr 1719; Rector of Winthorpe, Notts., 18 Nov 1719 (disp. to hold with Newark); Prebendary of Lincoln from 13 May 1727, Lichfield from 11 Jun 1730, and of Worcester from 13 Oct 1735; adm. Middle Temple 14 Mar 1736/7 [check]; Master of St. Leonard’s Hospital, Newark; amassed a large forune and became a miser in his later years; left a large legacy to Mrs. Thrale; translated the first twenty-six books of De Thou’s Historia sui Temporis, 1729-30; m. 27 Dec 1748 Elizabeth Bradford, Claypole, near Nottingham; d. 30 Apr 1772. DNB.

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GB-2014-WSA-18366

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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.

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