Benjamin Pye Explained

Benjamin Pye LL.D. (1726 – 1808) was Archdeacon of Durham from 1791 to 1808.^[1]

Pye was educated at New College, Oxford. He was Rector of Whitburn from 1769 to 1791.^[2] He married (and was the second husband of) Elizabeth Bathurst-Sleigh 3rd daughter of Mary, who in turn was the second child of Charles Bathurst, MP for Richmond 1727.^[3] According to (Sir) Cuthbert Sharp in his The Bishoprick Garland^[4] Benjamin Pye wrote the second "Stockton's Commendation".^[5]

He died on 26 March 1808.^[6]

See also

• Geordie dialect words
• Cuthbert Sharp
• The Bishoprick Garland 1834 by Sharp
• List of Archdeacons of Durham

Notes and References

1. Web site: Abstract of Will of Benjamin Pye, Doctor of laws, Archdeacon of Durham of Easington,... . National Archives . 27 April 1808 . 27 January 2020.
2. Web site: Parish of Whitburn | British History Online. British-history.ac.uk. 15 July 2020.
3. Book: History of the commoners of England and Ireland Volume II BY John Burke 1835. Burke. John. 1835.
4. http://gredos.usal.es/jspui/bitstream/10366/82881/2/SC_CuthbertSharp_ed_Bishoprick_1834.pdf The Bishoprick Garland page 63
5. Web site: The Bishopric Garland: Or, Durham Minstrel. Being a Choice Collection of Excellent Songs, Relating to the Above County, Full of Agreeable Variety, and Pleasant Mirth. 15 July 1784. R. Christopher. 15 July 2020. Google Books.
6. 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland, &c. (Lancaster, England), Saturday, 2 April 1808; Issue 355