John Addenbrooke (priest) explained

John Addenbrooke or Addenbrook (bapt. 21 December 1691^[1] – 25 February 1776) was an English Anglican priest who was Dean of Lichfield from 1745 until his death in 1776.^{[2] [3]}

Addenbrooke was the eldest son of Rev. John Addenbrooke (1652–1724) of Upper Sapey, Herefordshire, and his wife, Elizabeth Nash.^[4]

He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge; he was Rector of Sudbury, Derbyshire before his time as Dean.^[5]

He married Dorothy, daughter and co-heiress of John Wedgwood of Harracles Hall, Staffordshire.^[4]

Notes and References

1. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975
2. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol10/pp5-8 British History On-line
3. Book: Grazebrook . Henry Sydney . The Heraldry of Worcestershire . 1873 . J.R. Smith . 7 . 8 February 2020 . en.
4. Book: Burke . Bernard . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland . 1886 . Harrison . 9 . 8 February 2020 . en.
5. http://mss-cat.nottingham.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=8&dsqSearch=(PlaceCode%3D%3DPL535) University of Nottingham Manuscripts and Special Collections