John Gordon (priest) explained

John Gordon (1726-1793) was an Anglican priest in the Eighteenth century. He was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge^[1] and ordained in 1752. He was Rector of Henstead, Suffolk from 1758 to 1793; Prebend of Aylesbury 1766 to 1769; Chaplain to the Bishop of Lincoln from 1765 to 1775; Archdeacon of Buckingham from 1766 to 1769;^[2] and Archdeacon of Lincoln from 1769 to 1793;^[3] and Precentor of Lincoln Cathedral from 1775 to 1793.

He died on 5 January 1793.

Notes and References

1. https://archive.today/20141023171525/http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2014.pl?sur=Gordon&suro=w&fir=John&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&tex=&sye=1650&eye=1790&col=all&maxcount=50 Venn Database
2. "Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 8 - Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough dioceses" Horn,J.M: London Institute of Historical Research, 1996
3. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35152 British History on-line