John Addenbrooke (priest)
The Very Rev 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
- ^ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975
- ^ British History On-line
- ^ Grazebrook, Henry Sydney (1873). The Heraldry of Worcestershire. J.R. Smith. p. 7. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Addenbrook, John (ADNK707J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ University of Nottingham Manuscripts and Special Collections