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#69, John Spencer COBBOLD
| Born | 24 Jul 1768 in Occold, Suffolk (Twin) |
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| Died | 03 Apr 1837 in Woolpit. Buried: St Mary, Woolpit, Suffolk. |
| Occupation | Clerk in Holy Orders | Education | Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Graduated BA as seventh wrangler in 1790 and MA in 1793 |
| Father | Thomas COBBOLD (1742 - 1831) |
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| Mother | Ann Savage RUST (1744 - 1806) |
In about 1794 he accepted the mastership of the free school at Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He next became curate to his father at Wilby, Suffolk. In 1805 he removed to Woolpit, also in Suffolk, as his father's curate, and on the decease of his father in 1831 he became rector of that parish, where he spent the remainder of his life. He also held the vicarage of Shelland, Suffolk, to which he was instituted in 1793.
In addition to several detached sermons, he published: 1) An Essay tending to show in what sense Jesus Christ "hath brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel", Ipswich, 1793, 8vo. 2) An Essay tending to show the advantages which result to Revalation from its being conveyed to us in the form of History, Coventry, 1797, 8vo.
Abridged from DNB 1895-1900.
Timeline
Born
Married Dorothy HOMER
Birth of Son, Thomas Spencer COBBOLD
Birth of Daughter, Susannah Elizabeth COBBOLD
Death of Mother, Ann Savage RUST
Death of Son, Thomas Spencer COBBOLD
Death of Father, Thomas COBBOLD
Died 1837