Paddon, John

Epithet: of Add MS 36061

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The Seatonian Prize was established by the Revd Thomas Seaton in 1750. It is awarded annually to the Cambridge M.A. who enters the best poem on a sacred subject.

William Gibson (1745-1821) matriculated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1764 (B.A., 1767; M.A., 1771), where he became a Fellow in 1777. He was ordained deacon in 1767, and priest in 1769. He became Curate at Wymondham, Norfolk, in 1767, and was Rector of Winterton, 1769-1781, and Rector of Colney, 1789-1821. He was made a Prebendary of Lincoln in 1789. Gibson won the Seatonian Prize in 1772 and 1781. He died at Colney on 29 July 1821.

Samuel Hayes (1749-c. 1795) attended Westminster School, before matriculating at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1767 (B.A., 1771; M.A., 1774), where he became a Fellow in 1772. He was ordained deacon in 1771, and priest in 1772. He was usher at Westminster School, 1770-1788, and kept a boarding-house in Westminster. Hayes won the Seatonian Prize in 1775-1778 and 1783-1785.

Charles Peter Layard (1748-1803) attended Huntingdon School, before matriculating at St John's College, Cambridge, in 1766 (B.A., 1770; M.A., 1773; D.D., 1787), where he was a Fellow, 1773-1777. He was ordained deacon in 1771, and priest in 1774. He was Minister of Oxenden Chapel, London; Vicar of Wooton Bassett, Wiltshire, 1793-1798; Prebendary of Worcester Cathedral; Rector of Uffington, Lincolnshire, 1798-1803; Prebendary of Bangor, 1799-1803; Vicar of Kewstoke, Somerset, 1777-1799; and Dean of Bristol, 1800-1803. Layard won the Seatonian Prize in 1773 and 1774. He died at Bristol on 11 April 1803.

From the guide to the Cambridge Seatonian Prize Poems, c. 1775, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)