The memorials of the hamlet of Knightsbridge : $b With notices of its immediate neighbourhood — John Shaqi
The memorials of the hamlet of Knightsbridge : $b With notices of its immediate neighbourhoodDavis, Henry George
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The memorials of the hamlet of Knightsbridge : $b With notices of its immediate neighbourhood
Davis, Henry George
Knightsbridge (London, England)
1640. Nehemia Dod—as curate.
— Henry Walker on probation till 1655, when he was nominated curate.
1658. Christopher Lee appears to have been minister, but various other
names also appear in the registers till May 23rd.
1660. Thomas Wheatley then signs himself “Minister of Knightsbridge.”
1661 (Feb.). Henry Tilley.
1662 (April). Nathaniel Barker.
1663 (April). — Herring (whose name occasionally appears between
1658–60.)
1666. Robert Hodson, till October 20th.
1667. Francis Hall, licensed October 25th.
1669. Henry Herbert or Hubert, S.T.P., licensed April 26th. His
signature, however, occasionally appears before this date.
1671. John Cull.
1683. — Sanby, who was minister from January 1st, 1683, to December
31st, 1685.
1686. Henry Watts, who quitted in May, 1695; strangers appear to have
officiated till
1696. Thomas Bobar entered on his duties December 4th. He made way for
in
1699. Philip Horneck, who officiated from March 9th to October 16th.
1699. Thomas Knaggs appointed curate October 16th; he stayed till
January 10th, 1707, when Francis Jeffrey succeeded. But in February,
1708, Mr. Knaggs returned, and was minister till May 17th, 1713.
1713. Robert Hicks, to June 10th, 1719.
1719. Humphry Persehouse, who was minister forty-one years. He resigned
in December, 1759, when
1760. — Bailey, chaunter of Westminster Abbey, was appointed on January
1st by the Dean and Chapter. I believe he was succeeded by the Rev. John
Gamble, nominated by his father, as lessee. He died in 1811.
1811. — Harris. {65}
1822. J. G. Foyster, M.A. of Queen’s College, Cambridge. He published a
volume of sermons preached here. In 1832, Lord Brougham gave him the
rectory of St. Clement’s, Hastings, on which he quitted Knightsbridge.
He died there May 17th, 1855.
1832. John Martin, who shortly resigned, and was succeeded by the Rev.
Hibbert Binney, D.C.L., the late minister, who, since June, 1838 (when he
was appointed rector of Newbury), left the chapel to the ministry of the
Rev. John Wilson, now D.D., and the present incumbent. Dr. Binney died
June 6th, 1857. Among assistant ministers here have been the Rev.
Alexander Cleeve, author of several devotional works, who died September
23rd, 1805; the Rev. H. J. Symons, LL.D., who read the burial service
over Sir John Moore at Corunna. He gained the notice of the Duke of York
in this pulpit, and quitted it for the Peninsula with a regiment, to
which he was chaplain.
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