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| John FIELDING Adm. pens. at QUEENS', 25 Mar., 1668. Of Suffolk . S. of George, Earl of Desmond. B. about 1650 . Matric. 1668 ; M.A. 1671 ; D.D. 1690 ( Lit. Reg. ). Fellow by mandate, 1671-2 . V. of Puddletown, Dorset , 1675-91 . Preb. of Salisbury [ Wiltshire ], 1677-82 . Chaplain to William III. Died 1697 . Buried at Salisbury [ Wiltshire ]. Grandfather of the novelist and father of the next, brother of George (1660). ( Vis. of Warws., 1682 ; Collins, III. 276; F. S. Hockaday.) | John FIELDING Approx. lifespan: 1650–1697 Adm. pens. at Queens' College 1668:03:25 Of Suffolk , s. of George FIELDING Earl of Desmond. b. about 1650 Matric. 1668 M.A. 1671 D.D. 1690 ( Lit. Reg. ) Fellow by mandate 1671-72 V. of Puddletown, Dorset , 1675-91 Preb. of Salisbury, [Wiltshire], 1677-82 Chaplain to William III. Died 1697 buried at Salisbury, [Wiltshire], grandfather of Henry FIELDING novelist: father of John FEILDING (1688) brother of George FIELDING (1660) ( Vis. of Warwickshire , 1682 ; Collins III. 276; F. S. Hockaday) [app:]D.D. at Com.Reg. in 1689 [:app] [add:]He is surely identified correctly in[:add] [add:]http://db.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/DisplayPerson.jsp?PersonID=136283[:add] [add:]as the archdeacon of Dorset , .[:add] [add:] grandfather of Henry FIELDING novelist: [:add] [add:]through his son Edmund FIELDING according to Nichols[:add] [add:]https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UEcJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA356 and[:add] [add:]https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=84hESEebhYsC&pg=PA8[:add] [add:]contra what the ODNB says in their article on Sarah FIELDING which seems to slip generations in the Earls of Denbigh and Desmond.[:add] [add:](Charles Matthews, 2017)[:add] |