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| Housman, Robert. Adm. sizar (age 21) at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 17, 1780. S. of Robert, maltster. B. [Feb. 25, 1759] at Skerton, Lancs. School, Lancaster. [Apprenticed to a surgeon about the age of 14, but decided to take Holy Orders and came to Cambridge.] Matric. Michs. 1783; B.A. 1784. Ord. deacon (York) Oct. 14, 1781; priest (Peterb.) Oct. 26, 1783; C. of Gargrave, Yorks., 1781. Resided for a short time in Lancaster, taking sermons there in 1785, but returned to Cambridge, where he was intimate with Charles Simeon and Henry Venn. C. of St John's, Lancaster, 1785. C. of Langton, Leics., 1786, residing at Market Harborough. C. of Markfield, 1788-c. 1791. Afternoon Lecturer at St Martin's, Leicester, 1792, and 'for some time' C. of Foston, Leics. Instrumental in raising subscriptions for building a new church, St Anne's, at Lancaster, of which he was incumbent, 1796-1836. Married (1) Dec. 30, 1784, Miss – Audley, of Cambridge; (2) Sept. 24, 1788, Jane Adams. Author, Sermons. Died Apr. 22, 1838, at Woodside, near Liverpool, at the house of his son-in-law, R. W. Prichard, Esq. Buried at Skerton. M.I. in St Anne's Church, Lancaster. His Life and Remains were published in 1841 by his son, Robert Fletcher Housman. Father of the next. (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 314; D.N.B.; Notes and Queries, Feb. 9, 1946.) | Robert HOUSMAN Approx. lifespan: 1759–1838 age 21 sizar St John's College adm1780:03:17 b. Skerton, Lancashire , 1759:02:25 s. of Robert HOUSMAN maltster Sch: Lancaster School [Lancaster], [Lancashire], "Apprenticed to a" Surgeon: about the age of 14, but decided to take Holy Orders and came to Cambridge University Matric. 1783:10MT: BA 1784 Ord. deacon York 1781:10:14 Ord. priest Peterborough 1783:10:26 C.: Gargrave, Yorkshire , 1781 Resided for a short time in Lancaster, [Lancashire], taking sermons there in1785, but returned to Cambridge University [Cambridgeshire], "where he was intimate with Charles Simeon and Henry Venn." C.: St John's Lancaster, [Lancashire], 1785 C.: Langton, Leicestershire , 1786 Residing at Market Harborough, [Leicestershire], C.: Markfield, [Leicestershire], 1788- c1791 Afternoon Lecturer: at St Martin's Leicester, [Leicestershire], 1792 and C.: Foston, Leicestershire , Instrumental in raising subscriptions for building a new church, St Anne's Lancaster, [Lancashire], of which he was incumbent 1796-1836 m. (1) Miss – - AUDLEY of Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], 1784:12:30 m. (2) 1788:09:24 "Jane Adams." Publ.: Sermons d. Woodside, near Liverpool, [Lancashire], 1838:04:22 At the house of his son-in-law, R. W. Prichard, Esq. bur. Skerton, [Lancashire], MISt Anne's Church, of Lancaster, [Lancashire], His Life and Remains were published in1841 "by his son, Robert Fletcher HOUSMAN ." father of=the next ( St John's College Adm ., IV. 314; D.N.B. ; Notes and Queries 1946:02:09) [add:]Married (1) 1785, Mary Audley; she died 1786 in childbirth[:add] [add:]By his 2nd wife he was great-grandfather of A.E. Housman, the poet[:add] [add:](P.J. Barnwell)[:add] |