Assistant Clergy

HINTS

Assistant Clergy

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►Joshua {William} Pulford c1644-1710 1669

b c1644 son of William Pulford of Alston, Salop commoner "p.p."

d 6 Aug 1710

(aged 17, matriculated from Queen's, Oxford) 24 May 1661 [FOSTER]

(B.A.) 7 Mar 1664.5

(ordained deacon by Lichfield) 22 OR 24 Sep 1665

(ordained priest by Lichfield) 10 OR 17 Dec 1668

(Preacher, Wellington, ?Salop)

- (licenced) Dec 1668

(Reader, Hints, Staffs)

- (appointed) 12 May 1669

(Headmaster, Lichfield Grammar School, Staffs)

[? - (as William[sic], then in office, subscribed) 18 Jan 1669]

- (as ----- Pulford, appointed) 1670 [HARWOOD (1806) 498-9]

- (appointed schoolmaster) 23 Mar 1671

(Vicar, Leighton Buzzard, Beds) 1673-d

(admitted pensioner Queen's, Cambridge) 30 Jun 1675 [VENN]

(M.A., Queens', Cambridge) 1675

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►Richard Brome 1713-.... 1737

c 1 Sep 1713 Burton-upon-Trent son of Charles Brome of Burton-upon-Trent, Staffs

attorney 1671-.... [SCD] and Elizabeth (Pole)

(educated at Burton-upon-Trent, Staffs)

(aged 16, admitted sizar at St John's, Cambridge) 6 May 1730

(matriculated) 1730

(B.A.) 1733.4

(ordained deacon by Lichfield) 24 Sep 1737

(Stipendiary Curate, Hints & Weeford, Staffs)

- (subscribed on appointment) 24 OR 26 Sep 1737

(ordained priest by Lichfield) 23 Sep 1738

(Curate, Nuneaton, Warwicks)

- (subscribed on appointment) 25 Sep 1738

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►James Hastings c1755-1856 1782

b c1756 son of James Hastings of Westminster gentleman [? son of James Hastings and

Mary (Loving)]

[? m 22 Feb 1781 Chipping Norton, Oxon: Elizabeth Paget]

d aged 101 10 Jul 1856 Tything, Worcester

(aged 20, matriculated from Wadham College, Oxford) 28 Mar 1776

(ordained deacon by Oxford) 21 Nov 1779

(ordained priest by Lichfield) 9 Jun 1782

(Stipendiary Curate, Hints & Weeford, Staffs)

- (licenced) 9 Jun 1782

(Rector, Martley, Worcs) 1796-d

chn: John P. Hastings

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►Edward Pye Waters 1770-1833 1811

c 3 Dec 1770 Birmingham St Martin son of John Waters commoner and Mary (.....)

d aged 63 3 Oct 1833; i 8 Oct 1833 Overbury; M.I. [below]

(aged 18, matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford) 28 May 1789 [FOSTER]

(B.A., Wadham, Oxford) 14 Jan 1793

(ordained deacon by Lichfield) 3 Feb 1793

(ordained priest by Lichfield) 26 Oct 1794

(Stipendiary Curate, Great Barr, Staffs) [no date, ? c1800] [SIMMS]

(Stipendiary Curate, Hints & Weeford, Staffs)

- (appointed) 14 Feb 1811

(Stipendiary Curate, Overbury, Worcs) 1816-d

(author, "Sermons on Various Subjects" (1800))

[SIMMS]

(Overbury) In memory of the Revd. Edward Pye Waters B.A. formerly of Wadham College

Oxford and many years curate of this parish who died Oct. 3rd 1833 aged 63.

He was a man of considerable talent of much natural kindness of heart

Christian benevolence and piety in the discharge of his sacred calling while

free from bigotry and intolerance he was ever a warm strenuous and

eloquent assertor of the peculiar doctrine of the Gospel.

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►Thomas Bradburne 1783-1859 1817

c 1 Nov 1783 Lichfield St Michael [IGI] 2nd son of Samuel Bradburne of Pipe Hill

House, Lichfield

d aged 76 19 Dec 1859 Lichfield

(admitted pensioner at Christ's, Cambridge) 22 Feb 1801 [VENN]

(matriculated) Lent 1801

(Scholar) 1801

(B.A., 5th Wrangler) 1805

(ordained deacon by Lichfield) 7 Sep 1806

(Stipendiary Curate, Colwich & Weston-upon-Trent, Staffs)

- (licenced) 7 Sep 1806

(priest Vicar Choral, Lichfield Offley)

- (appointed) 12 Apr 1808

(M.A.) 1808

(Fellow) 1810-29

(Stipendiary Curate, Hints & Weeford, Staffs)

- (appointed) 30 Jan 1817

(?Stipendiary Curate, Cannock, Staffs) 1817 [PITT (1817)]

(Rector, Toft & Caldecote, Cambs) 1827

- (instituted) 4 May 1827

- (sequestered by the Bishop for non-residence) Jul 1840

- (sequestration rescinded)

- (re-sequestered by the Bishop for non-residence) 19 Oct 1842

When Robert Hill's Wall estate was sold in 1813 what was called Moat Bank House and 94a were bought by the tenant Samuel Bradburne, the owner of the Pipe Hill House estate. Samuel (d. by 1834) left Moat Bank to his second son, the Revd. Thomas Bradburne. He was succeeded in 1859 by his nephew John Bradburne, who died in or shortly before 1879, when the house and 11a were offered for sale along with Pipe Place Farm. [VCH]

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►John Muckleston c1801-1877 1825

b c1801 Lichfield son of John Fletcher Muckleston 1764-1843 [SCD] and Louisa dau of

John Preston of Askham Bryan, Yorkshire clerk

m 14 Mar 1841 Teignmouth, Devon: Mary dau of Theophilus Levett of Wychnor, Staffs

Esquire 1765-1839; c 17 Apr 1807 Wychnor

d Jul 1877

(aged 18, matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford) 27 Jan 1819 [[FOSTER]

(B.A.) 1822

(ordained deacon by Chester pro Lichfield) 5 Oct 1823

(Stipendiary Curate, Hints [? & Weeford], Staffs)

- (licensed) 10 Jan 1824

(ordained priest by Lichfield) 27 Jun 1824

(Stipendiary Curate, [? Hints] & Weeford, Staffs)

- (licensed) 11 Apr 1825

(priest Vicar Choral pro [Chancellor of Lichfield] & Lichfield Alrewas)

- (appointed) 16 Apr 1825

(Perpetual Curate, Wychnor, Staffs) 31 Jan 1832-d

- (presented by his father-in-law Theophilus Levett of Wychnor, Staffs Esquire

1765-1839)

- (licensed) 31 Jan 1832

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►Thomas Henry White c1798-1849 1832

b c1798 son of Thomas White of "The Close", Lichfield, Staffs gentleman 1764-1838

[SLG] (son of Thomas White 1710-1784 [SCD]) and Mary dau of Daniel William

Remington c1715-1788 [SCD]

m 1834 Christina dau of Robert Thomson of "Camphill", Glasgow c1766-1831; (but had no

chn)

d 15 Dec 1849 Sevenoaks, Kent

(aged 18, matriculated from University College, Oxford) 21 May 1816 [FOSTER]

(B.A.) 1820

(ordained deacon by Bristol) 6 May 1821

(Stipendiary Curate, Lichfield St Chad) 20 Dec 1821

(ordained priest by Chester pro Lichfield) 21 Sep 1822
(M.A.) 1824

(priest Vicar Choral, Dean of Lichfield & Lichfield Brewood)

- (appointed) 19 Jun 1824

(Stipendiary Curate, Hints & Weeford, Staffs)

- (licensed) 8 Mar 1832

[BLG 1914 (WHITE-THOMSON)]

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Robert Cowpland c1806-1879 1835-1844

(Stipendiary Curate, Hints & Weeford, Staffs) 5 Jul 1835-44

- (licensed) 5 Jul 1835

[see above]

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►Michel David Glenn 1937-.... 1978-1982

(Honorary Curate, Drayton Bassett & Hints, Staffs) 1 Oct 1978-1982

- (appointed) 1 Oct 19878 [INTERNET]

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