ATTERBURY, Francis (1663-1732) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 6 Mar. 1663, 2nd s. of Lewis Atterbury (d.1693) rect. of Middleton (Milton Keynes), Bucks. and Elizabeth (d.1668), da. of Francis Giffard. educ. Westminster 1674-80; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 17 Dec. 1680, BA 1684, MA 1687, DD 1701; ord. deacon 1687, priest 1691. m. 1695, Catherine Osborne (d.1722), 3s. (2 d.v.p.), Lysons, Environs of London, ii. 116-61. 2da. d.v.p. d. 22 Feb. 1732; will 31 Dec. 1725, pr. 10 May 1732. TNA, PROB 11/651.

Offices Held

Chap. to William III and Mary II by 1691, to Anne 1702.

‘Minister’ to Old Pretender 1724–7. G.V. Bennett, Tory Crisis in Church and State 1688–1730, pp. 281–94.

Lecturer, St Bride’s, Fleet Street, London 1691–8; Mems. and Corresp. of Francis Atterbury ed. F. Williams, i. 56–57, 61. preacher, Bridewell hospital 1693, Rolls Chapel 1698–1712; Hearne’s Colls. iii (Oxf. Hist. Soc. vii), 475. adn. Totnes 1701–13; TNA, SP 44/150. preb. Exeter 1704; dean, Carlisle 1704 – 11, Christ Church, Oxf. 1711 – 13, Westminster 1713–23; Ibid. prolocutor lower house of convoc. of Canterbury 1710–13. Hearne’s Colls. iv (Oxford Hist. Soc. xiii), 82.

Commr. 50 new churches 1711; Commissions for Building Fifty New Churches, xxxiv-xxxvii. gov. Bridewell and Bethlehem hospitals.

Parlimentarian

ATTERBURY, Francis (1663-1732)

Associated with: various lodgings in London and Mdx. incl. Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea, Mdx.

Likenesses

oils on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, 1718, Christ Church, Oxf.

Author

Adams, Beverly

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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