Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Townson, Thomas

by Joseph Foster

Townson, Thomas, s. John, of Much Lees, Essex, cler. Christ Church, matric. 13 March, 1732-3, aged 17; demy Magdalen Coll. 1735-7, B.A. 1736, fellow 1737-52, M.A. 1739, proctor 1749, B.D. 1750, D.D. by diploma 23 Feb., 1779, vicar of Hatfield Peverell, Essex, 1746-9, rector of Blithfield, co. Stafford, 1749-59, and of the Lower Mediety of Malpas 1752, archdeacon of Richmond 1781, until his death 15 April, 1792. See Bloxam, vi. 233.