Thomas Vyner (priest) explained

Thomas Vyner DD (1629 - 11 April 1673) was a Church of England minister and Dean of Gloucester

Family

He was the son of William Vyner of Eathorpe, Warwickshire[1] and younger brother of Sir Robert Vyner, 1st Baronet.[2] He obtained his BA at Catherine Hall, Cambridge in 1650. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Izod(d. 1650), rector of Stanton, Gloucestershire. In 1652 he succeeded his father-in-law as rector of Stanton and three years later was incorporated at the University of Oxford. He was subsequently awarded a BD in 1662 and became DD in 1671 by letters patent from the king.

He died in 1673 aged 44, and was buried in the Lady Chapel of Gloucester Cathedral. He left a son Thomas (d. 1706), who inherited the Gautby estate of his uncle Sir Robert Vyner, and 2 daughters: Elizabeth married John Snell of Salisbury Hall, Hertfordshire and Honor married Thomas Leigh, merchant of London, brother of Sir Francis Leigh.[3]

Clement Barksdale, dedicated his translation of Hugo Grotius to Sir Robert Vyner in 1675 in remembrance of Vyner, referring to 'his learned, generous, and obliging Converse'.[4]

Career

He was appointed:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714:Vachell-Vyner. British History Online. 8 November 2024.
  2. Book: Vyner, Charles James. Vyner, Family History. 1885. 45.
  3. Book: Visitation of England and Wales, Notes. 1. 1896. 31.
  4. Book: Eward, Suzanne. No Fine but a Glass of Wine. 1985. 244.
  5. Book: Alumni cantabrigienses to 1751. 4. 1927. 305.
  6. Book: Ollard, S. L.. Fasti Wyndesorienses. May 1950. Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.