William Adams

1672 - 1714  (~ 41 years)

• Name	William Adams
  Christening	6 Aug 1672	St Chad's, Shrewsbury
  	Son of Mr John Adams Attor[ney] & Jane
  Gender	Male
  Education	1686	Westminster School
  Education	4 Jul 1691	Christ Church, Oxford
  	Matriculation
  Occupation	1700	St Thomas, Oxford
  	Curate
  Occupation	26 Jul 1712	Staunton on Wye, Herefordshire
  	Rector
  Burial	1 Aug 1714	Staunton on Wye, Herefordshire
  Notes	s. J., of Salop, gent. Christ Church, matric. 4 July, 1691, aged 18; B.A. 1695, M.A. 1698, rector of Staunton-upon-Wye, co. Hereford, 1712, until his death in 1714. See Alumni West., 216; Hearne, i. 239; & Rawlinson, iii. 396. [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1-28] ADAMS, WILLIAM, son of John Adams, Shropshire, barrister, compiler of the Index Villaris, and Jane, fifth dau. of Sir Walter Wrottesley, Bart.; b.; adm.; KS 1686; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1691, matr. 4 Jul 1691, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1691 ? void 30 Jul 1713 (expiry year of grace as R. Staunton-upon-Wye), Tutor 1700-5; BA 1695; MA 1698; ordained; Curate, St Thomas?s, Oxford, 1700; admonished by college for scandalous words about William Lloyd, Bishop of Worcester, 20 Dec 1706; Rector of Staunton-upon-Wye, Herefs., from 26 Jul 1712; a highly esteemed preacher; published an edition of Cornelius Nepos, 1697; fifteen of his sermons before the University of Oxford were published by Dr Sacheverell in 1716; dead at 6 Aug 1714. [http://collections.westminster.org.uk/index.php/adams-william-d-1714]
  Person ID	I37	John Adams
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Mr John Adams,   b. c.1643   d. 1690, Ireland
  Mother	Jane Wrottesley   d. bef.15 Aug 1684
  Marriage	c.1665
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart