John Addenbrooke (priest)

John Addenbrooke or Addenbrook (bapt. 21 December 1691[1] – 25 February 1776) was an English Anglican priest who was Dean of Lichfield from 1745 until his death in 1776.[2][3]

Addenbrooke was the eldest son of Rev. John Addenbrooke (1652–1724) of Upper Sapey, Herefordshire, and his wife, Elizabeth Nash.[4]

He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge;[5] he was Rector of Sudbury, Derbyshire before his time as Dean.[6]

He married Dorothy, daughter and co-heiress of John Wedgwood of Harracles Hall, Staffordshire.[4]

References

  1. ^ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975
  2. ^ British History On-line
  3. ^ Grazebrook, Henry Sydney (1873). The Heraldry of Worcestershire. J.R. Smith. p. 7. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b Burke, Bernard (1886). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. p. 9. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Addenbrook, John (ADNK707J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. ^ University of Nottingham Manuscripts and Special Collections


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