Webb, William
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William Webb (1775-1856) was born at Sutton Coldfield in February 1775, the son of William Webb, Master of Sutton Coldfield Grammar School. He entered Clare College, Cambridge, in 1793 (B.A., 1797; M.A., 1800; B.D., 1808; D.D. 1816), and was thereafter Fellow (1799), tutor and master (1815-1856). He was ordained deacon in 1800, and priest in 1801, and was the Rector of Fornham All Saints, Suffolk, 1815-1816, and Vicar of Litlington, Cambridgeshire, 1816-1856. Webb served as Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1817-1818 and 1832-1833, and was President of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1843-1844. He married Ann, daughter of the Revd T.V. Gould, Rector of Fornham, Suffolk. Webb died at Litlington on 4 January 1856.
From the guide to the William Webb: Letters to him, Early 19th century, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)
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William Webb (1775-1856) was born in Feburary 1775 at Sutton Coldfield, the son of William Webb, master of Sutton Coldfield Grammar School. He entered Clare College, Cambridge, in 1793 (B.A., 1797; M.A., 1800; B.D., 1808; D.D. 1816), and was thereafter fellow (1799), tutor and master (1815-1856). He was ordained deacon in 1800, and priest in 1801, and was the rector of Fornham All Saints, Suffolk, 1815-1816, and the vicar of Litlington, Cambridgeshire, 1816-1856. Webb served as vice-chancellor of the University, 1817-1818 and 1832-1833, and was president of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1843-1844. He married Ann, daughter of the Revd T.V. Gould, rector of Fornham, Suffolk. Webb died on 4 January 1856 at Litlington.
From the guide to the William Webb: Cambridge Pedigrees, c. 1853, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)
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- Iceland, Europe (as recorded)
- Walmer, Kent (as recorded)
- Whaddon, Wiltshire (as recorded)
- Monkton Farley, Wiltshire (as recorded)
- Melksham, Wiltshire (as recorded)
- Brokenborough, Wiltshire (as recorded)
- Preston, Lancashire (as recorded)
- Sandwich, Kent (as recorded)
- Nailsworth, Gloucestershire (as recorded)
- Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire (as recorded)
- Cambridge University (as recorded)
- Kent, England (as recorded)
- New England, America (as recorded)
- Little Chart, Kent (as recorded)
- Over Haddon, Derbyshire (as recorded)
- Badingham, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Brazil, South America (as recorded)
- Basing House, Southton (as recorded)
- Barcelona, Catalonia (as recorded)
- Reading, Berkshire (as recorded)
- Virginia, U.S.A. (as recorded)
- Knowle, Kent (as recorded)
- Colchester, Essex (as recorded)
- Guernsey, Channel Islands (as recorded)
- Jersey, Channel Islands (as recorded)
- Banbury, Oxfordshire (as recorded)
- East Horsley, Surrey (as recorded)
- Algiers, Africa (as recorded)
- Bury, Lancashire (as recorded)
- Hereford, Herefordshire (as recorded)
- Lincoln, Lincolnshire (as recorded)
- Margate, Kent (as recorded)
- Southwick, Wiltshire (as recorded)
- Luston, Herefordshire (as recorded)
- Coventry, Warwickshire (as recorded)
- Genoa, Italy (as recorded)
- Melcombe Regis, Dorset (as recorded)
- Deal, Kent (as recorded)
- Needwood Chase, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Shotover Forest, Oxfordshire (as recorded)
- Stowood Forest, Oxfordshire (as recorded)
- Gibraltar, Spain (as recorded)
- Weymouth, Dorset (as recorded)
- Bawdrip, Somerset (as recorded)
