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Updated on 2 June, 2012

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This page lists the University Scholars at Cambridge who were born or served office in Gt and Lt Snoring.

The first section gives a summary from about 1465, and underneath are details of each Entrant. Many of the names below were clergymen serving at the churches of the Snoring.

Lt & Gt Snoring Cambridge University Alumni, 1465-1889

Name College Entered Born Died
John Burton PEMBROKE Abt 1465    
Robert Warren CAIUS  1581  Abt 1565  
William Parry MAGDALENE 1578    
Edward More CHRIST'S 1596    
Christopher Seaman CAIUS 1619    
Richard Pearson (son of Robert) KING'S 1647 1630  
Christopher Seaman TRINITY 1663   24 Dec 1717
Benjamin Lane CORPUS CHRISTI 1687    
Joseph Lane CORPUS CHRISTI 1717   1758
James. Fawcett ST JOHN'S 1770 1752 10 Apr 1831
Bernard. Astley PEMBROKE 1783 31 Aug 1764  
Henry Nicholas. Astley CHRIST'S 1786   14 Aug 1854
Christopher Stannard ST JOHN'S 1795   17 May 1851
George Henry. Marsh ST JOHN'S 1832 25 Jul 1814 17 May 1896
Daniel Fleming Wright CAIUS 1835    
Benjamin Jesse Wood ST JOHN'S 1842 1823 14 Sep 1903
The Hon. Delaval Loftus. Astley TRINITY 1843 24 Mar 1825 28 Sep 1872
George Stanham ST JOHN'S 1848 1827 28 Jan 1882
Frederic William. Kent ST JOHN'S 1856   10 Apr 1882
William. Martin TRINITY 1859 1839  
Edward Haversham Whall EMMANUEL 1870    
Theodore. Rivington CLARE 1870   16 Dec 1916
Arthur Herbert. Crick ST JOHN'S 1874   15 Feb 1919
Richard Polgreen. Roseveare ST JOHN'S 1885 11 Nov 1865 24 Feb 1924
Frederick William Treadwell CLARE 1889    

1. Name:                   John Burton
College:                    PEMBROKE
More Information:     B.Civ.L. 1459-60. Of York diocese. Fellow of PEMBROKE, c.1465. Ord. sub-deacon (Ely) Mar. 13, 1461-2; deacon Apr. 3, 1462; priest, Apr. 17, 1462. One of these names (M.A.) Rector of Little Snoring, Norfolk, 1475-? 1505.

2. Name:                  Robert Warren
College:                   CAIUS
More Information:     Adm. (age 16) at CAIUS, Oct. 27, 1581 S. of Robert. B. at LittleSnoring, Norfolk. Bapt. Jan. 20, 1565-6. School, Fakenham. Scholar, 1582-8; B.A. 1584-5; M.A. 1588; B.D. 1596. Ord. priest (Norwich) June 5, 1589. Rector of Little Snoring, 1593; still there, 1616. (Venn, I. 112.)

3. Name:                  William Parry
College:                   MAGDALENE
Entered:                   Michs. 1578
More Information:     Matric. sizar from MAGDALENE, Michs. 1578; B.A. 1581-2; M.A. 1585. Ord. priest (St Asaph) Apr. 25, 1582. C. of Eynesbury, Hunts., in 1585. Probably V. of Ketteringham, Norfolk, 1586-91. R. of Clippesby, 1602-27. R. of Billockby, 1602-27. One of these names Rector of Little Snoring, 1627-40. See Al. Oxon. for a contemporary.

4. Name:                  Edward More
College:                   CHRIST'S
Entered:                   1596
More Information:     Matric. from CHRIST'S, 1596-7; B.A. 1599-1600; M.A. 1603; B.D. 1610. Ord. priest (Norwich) June 15, 1606, age 27. One of these names V. of Ryburgh, Norfolk, 1607. Probably the same who died, Rector of Little Snoring, before May, 1627. (Peile, I. 222.)

5. Name:                  Christopher Seaman
College:                   CAIUS
Entered:                   1619
More Information:     Adm. scholar at CAIUS, 1619. S. of Robert, of Norfolk. School, North Walsham (Mr Tilles). Matric. 1619; B.A. 1622-3; M.A. 1626. Fellow, 1628-34. Ord. priest (Norwich) Sept. 23, 1627. R. of Sengham, Norfolk, 1637-49; of Tattersett, 1637, and of Little Snoring, 1640-71. (Venn, I. 246.)

6. Name:                  Richard Pearson
College:                   KING'S
Entered:                   1647
Born:                       1630
More Information:     Adm. at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, 1647. S. of Robert (1588), Rector of Snoring, Norfolk. B. at Creake, c. 1630. Matric. 1647; B.A. 1650-1; M.A. 1654; LL.D. 1669. Fellow, 1650-70. Professor of Law at Gresham College, 1667. Under-Keeper of the Royal Library at St James', 1662. A great traveller, and excellent scholar. Died in London, Aug. 5, 1670. Admon., P.C.C. Brother of Martin (1648) and John (1632). (Harwood.)

7. Name:                  Christopher Seaman
College:                   TRINITY
Entered:                   1663
Died:                       24 Dec 1717
More Information:     Adm. sizar at TRINITY, Apr. 22, 1663. B. Mar. 8, 1644. Matric.1663; B.A. 1666-7; M.A. 1670. Rector of Wiverton and of Little Snoring, Norfolk, 1671-1717. Died Dec. 24, 1717. Buried at Wiverton. (H. G. Harrison.)

8. Name:                  Benjamin Lane
College:                   CORPUS CHRISTI
Entered:                   1687
More Information:     Adm. sizar at CORPUS CHRISTI, 1686. Of Norfolk. Matric. 1687; B.A. 1690-1; M.A. 1706. Master of Scarning School, 1692. Ord. deacon (Norwich) June, 1694; priest, July, 1702. Rector of Little Snoring, Norfolk, 1717-44. V. of Hindringham, 1722. Died Nov. 1, 1744. Father of the next. (G. Mag.; Masters.)

9.Name:                   Joseph Lane
College:                   CORPUS CHRISTI
Entered:                   1717
Died:                       1758
More Information:     Adm. at CORPUS CHRISTI, 1718. Of Norfolk. S. of Benjamin (1686), Rector of Little Snoring. Matric. 1717; B.A. 1721-2. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Dec. 1724; priest, June, 1726. R. of Sharrington, Norfolk, 1732. R. of Saxlingham, 1733-58. V. of Field Dalling, 1748-58. Died 1758. (Masters.)

10. Name:                James Fawcett
College:                   ST JOHN'S
Entered:                   Michs. 1770
Born:                       1752
Died:                       10 Apr 1831
More Information:     Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 13, 1770. [S. of Richard (1724-5), V. of St John's, Leeds. B. 1752. School, Leeds Grammar.] Matric. Michs. 1770; B.A. 1774; Members' Prize, 1776; M.A. 1777; B.D. 1785. Fellow, 1777-1803. Sacrist, 1787. Steward, 1795-7, 1797-1802. Lady Margaret's Preacher, 1786-1819. Norrisian Professor of Divinity, 1795-1815. Author, Sermons. His lectures were ‘less efficient than might have been expected from their undoubted excellence,’ as he suffered from ‘a certain thickness of speech, an awkwardness of manner, a want of energy, and an easiness of temper, little calculated to curb the sallies of a large assembly of young men constrained to sit out a lecture of an hour in length.’ Ord. deacon (York) June 11, 1775; priest (Peterb.) Dec. 15, 1776; C. of St John's, Leeds, 1776. C. of St Sepulchre's, Cambridge, 1791-1822. Rector of Gt Snoring and Thursford, Norfolk, Sept. 30, 1801-31. ‘In him [p.469] were eminently united the elegant Scholar, the sound Theologian, and the faithful Pastor. He was held throughout life in deservedly high estimation by all who knew him' M.I. at Gt Snoring). Died Apr. 10, 1831. Brother of Richard (1777). (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 244; D.N.B., which gives ‘appointed Lady Margaret Preacher, 1782’; Foster, Index Eccles.; Univ. Lib. Catalogue; Northants. Clergy; G. Mag., 1831, I. 378; Univ. Hist. Reg., 93, note.)

11. Name:             Bernard Astley
College:                PEMBROKE
Entered:                Michs. 1783
Born:                     31 Aug 1764
More Information:         Adm. pens. (age 18) at PEMBROKE, Apr. 4, 1783. 4th s. of Sir Edward, Bart., of Melton Constable, Norfolk. B. Aug. 31, 1764, in London. Matric. Michs. 1783; Scholar; B.A. 1787. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Dec. 24, 1786; priest, Sept. 21, 1788; R. of LittleSnoring, Norfolk, 1788. Married Anne, dau. of Edward Hase, of Sall, Norfolk, 1787. Died s.p. Nov. 25, 1788, aged 26 (sic). Brother of Henry N. (1785) and half-brother of James H. (1776). (Burke, P. and B., sub Hastings; G. Mag., 1788, II. 1127.)

12. Name:                Henry Nicholas Astley
College:                   CHRIST'S
Entered:                   Easter, 1786
Died:                       14 Aug 1854
More Information:     Adm. pens. (age 19) at CHRIST'S, June 26, 1785. 3rd s. of Sir Edward, Bart., of Melton Constable, Norfolk. B. there Jan. 5, 1767. [School, Westminster.] Scholar, 1785; matric. Easter, 1786; B.A. 1789; M.A. 1792. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Feb. 15, 1785. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Sept. 21, 1791; priest, Sept. 25, 1791; Rector of Little Snoring, Norfolk, 1791. R. of East Barsham, 1791-1854. R. of Bintree with Themelthorpe, 1799-1804. R. of Foulsham, 1803-33. As Worts Travelling Bachelor, visited Italy and Holland. Married Sarah, dau. of Samuel Pitman, Esq., of Exeter, Feb. 20, 1798. Author, Letters. Died Aug. 14, 1854. Brother of Bernard (1783) and father of Henry (1824). (Peile, II. 321; Record of Old Westminsters.)

13. Name:                Christopher Stannard
College:                   ST JOHN'S
Entered:                   Michs. 1795
Died:                       17 May 1851
More Information:     Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, July 7, 1795. Of Norfolk. [S. of Joseph (and Ann). B. Sept. 6, 1774. Bapt. at Norwich.] School, Norwich.Matric. Michs. 1795; Scholar, 1798; B.A. 1799; M.A. 1802; B.D. 1809. Fellow, 1805-33. Ord. deacon (Ely) Dec. 22, 1799; priest (Norwich) Sept. 20, 1807; C. of Swavesey, Cambs., 1799. R. of St Peter's, Hungate, Norwich, 1811-39. Rector of Great Snoring with Thursford, Norfolk, 1831-51. Married, July 10, 1835, at St George's, Tombland, Norwich, Miss Maria Bedford, of Norwich. Died May 17, 1851. Left books to the College library. (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 489; Boase, VI. 607; Foster, Index Eccles.; Clergy List; G. Mag., 1852, I. 97.)

14. Name:                George Henry Marsh
College:                   ST JOHN'S
Entered:                   Michs. 1832
Born:                       25 Jul 1814
Died:                       17 May 1896
More Information:     Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, July 16, 1831. [2nd] s. of Dr Herbert (1774), Bishop of Peterborough. B. July 25, 1814, at Cambridge. School, Shrewsbury. Matric. Michs. 1832; Scholar, 1832; Bell Scholar, 1833; B.A. (2nd Classic) 1836; M.A. 1839; B.D. 1847. Fellow, 1837-51. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Nov. 10, 1836. Called to the Bar, June 12, 1840. Ord. deacon (Ely) 1845; priest (Hereford), May 18, 1845. Rector of Great Snoring with Thursford, Norfolk, 1851-96. Died May 17, 1896, at Spencer Grange, Great Yeldham, Essex. Brother of Herbert C. (1825). (Inns of Court; Crockford; Eagle, XIX. 498.)

15. Name:                Daniel Fleming Wright
College:                   CAIUS
Entered:                   Michs. 1835
More Information:     Adm. pens. (age 18) at CAIUS, Mar. 25, 1835. S. of Robert, land-agent, of Norwich. Born at Great Snoring, Norfolk. School, North Walsham. Matric. Michs. 1835; B.A. 1840. Ord. deacon (Norwich), July 26, 1840. Not found in Clergy List. (Venn, II. 231.)

16. Name:                Benjamin Jesse Wood
College:                   ST JOHN'S
Entered:                   Michs. 1842
Born:                       1823
Died:                       14 Sep 1903
More Information:     Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, Feb. 24, 1842; re-adm. pens. Oct. 12, 1842. Of Norfolk. S. of the Rev. Benjamin (above) (and Emma Margaretta). Of Inwardleigh, Devon. B. July 9, 1823. Matric. Michs. 1842; Scholar; B.A. 1846. Ord. deacon, 1847; priest, 1848; C. of Great Snoring with Thursford, Norfolk, 1847-9. C. of Morton, 1849-55. R. of Ruckland with Farforth and Maidenwell, Lincs., 1855-1903. Married (1) Maria -; (2) Nov. 1877, Mary Emily, widow of Thomas Waldron, Esq., of Bayswater, London. Died Sept. 14, 1903, aged 80. (Clergy List; Crockford; P. B. G. Binnall.)

17. Name:                The Hon. Delaval Loftus Astley
College:                   TRINITY
Entered:                   Michs. 1843
Born:                       24 Mar 1825
Died:                       28 Sep 1872
More Information:     Adm. pens. at TRINITY, July 3, 1843. [Apparently confused in the Trinity Coll. Adm. Book with his elder brother Jacob Henry Delaval, who was born May 21, 1822.] 2nd s. of Jacob, Baron Hastings. B. Mar. 24, 1825. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1843; M.A. 1846. Ord. deacon (Norwich) June 15, 1851; priest, June 6, 1852. V. of East Barsham, Norfolk, 1855-71. Rector of Little Snoring, 1855-71. Succeeded his brother, Jacob Henry Delaval, as 18th Baron Hastings, Mar. 8, 1871. Married Frances Diana, dau. of Charles (Manners-Sutton), Viscount Canterbury, Aug. 8, 1848. Died Sept. 28, 1872, aged 47. Father of Bernard E. D. (above). (G.E.C., ed. Gibbs.)

18. Name:                George Stanham
College:                   ST JOHN'S
Entered:                   Michs. 1848
Born:                       1827
Died:                       28 Jan 1882
More Information:     Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, July 5, 1848. S. of Richard, carpenter, of Edwardes Terrace, Kensington, London (and Eleanor). B. [1827], at Kensington. Bapt. June 22, 1827. Matric.Michs. 1848; B.A. 1852; M.A. 1855. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) 1852; priest, 1853; C. of Christ Church, Leicester, 1852-4. C. of St Jude's, Glasgow, 1854-8. C. of Great Snoring, Norfolk, 1858-61. Chaplain of the Surrey County lunatic asylum at Tooting, 1861-72. V. of Summerstown, 1872-6. V. of West Bradenham,Norfolk, 1876-82. Married, 1853, Elizabeth, dau. of John Adams, of Uttoxeter, Staffs. Died Jan. 28, 1882, at Leatherhead, aged 54. Brother of Louis (1853); father of the next. (Crockford; Fox-Davies, Armorial Families; The Guardian, Feb. 1, 1882.)

19. Name:               Frederic William Kent
College:                  ST JOHN'S
Entered:                 Michs. 1856
Died:                      10 Apr 1882
More Information: Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, May 19, 1856. [Elder] s. of Frederick, surgeon [and Frances Crowder, dau. of the Rev. W. Hett, V. of St Peter's-in-Eastgate, Lincoln]. B. at Lincoln. Bapt. Aug. 11, 1837. [School, Boston Grammar.] Matric. Michs. 1856; B.A. 1860; M.A. 1866. Ord. deacon (Rochester) 1864; priest, 1865; C. of St Peter's, St Albans, 1864-6. C. of Cold Norton, Essex, 1866-8. C. of Wisborough with Loxwood, Sussex, 1868-9. C. of Walsingham with Houghton, Norfolk, 1869-70; V. there, 1870-1. Rector of E. Barsham and Little Snoring, 1871-82. Married, and had issue. Died Apr. 10, 1882, at East Barsham, aged 44. Brother of George D. S. (1857). (Crockford; The Guardian, May 10, 1882.)

20. Name:                 William Martin
College:                   TRINITY
Entered:                   Michs. 1859
Born:                       1839
More Information:     Adm. pens. at TRINITY, May 31, 1859. S. of William, of Bixley Park, Norfolk. B. there [July 20], 1839. School, Norfolk(private). Matric. Michs. 1859; B.A. 1864. Ord. deacon (Lichfield) 1865; priest, 1867; C. of High Ercall, Salop, 1865-8. C. of Downton, Heref., 1868-9. C. of St John-the-Baptist, Coventry, 1869-71. C. of Houghton-in-the-Dale, [p.345]Norfolk, 1871. V. of Little Walsingham with Houghton-in-the-Dale, 1871-82. Rural Dean of Walsingham, 1881-1900. V. of East Barsham with Little Snoring, 1882-1912 (with West Barsham, 1891-1912). Disappears from Crockford, 1913.

21. Name:                Edward Haversham Whall
College:                   EMMANUEL
Entered:                   Michs. 1870
More Information:     Adm. pens. at EMMANUEL, Mar. 1, 1870. S of T., of Worksop. School, Oakham, Matric. Michs. 1870; B.A. 1874; M.A. 1877. Ord. deacon (Lincoln), 1873; priest (Ripon), 1875; C. of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts., 1873-4. C. of Bolton Abbey, Yorks., 1874-6. C. of St Botolph's, Colchester, 1876-8. C. of Springfield, Chelmsford, 1878-84. C. of Hunstanton, Norfolk, 1884-91. C. of Great Snoring, 1891-5. R. of North Barsham, 1895-1922. Disappears from Crockford, 1923. (Oakham Sch. Reg.)

22. Name:                Theodore Rivington
College:                   CLARE
Entered:                   Michs. 1870
Died:                       16 Dec 1916
More Information:     Adm. pens. at CLARE, Dec. 7, 1869. [3rd s. of Charles, of Fenchurch Buildings, London, E.C. B. Oct. 5, 1851.] Matric.Michs. 1870; B.A. 1874; M.A. 1877. Ord. deacon (Oxford) 1875; priest, 1876; C. of St Luke's, Maidenhead, 1875-8. C. of GreatMarlow, 1879-80. C. of Wickham St Paul, Essex, 1881-2. C. of West Malling, Kent, 1882-5. C. of Great Snoring, Norfolk, 1886-8. C. of Clifton Hampden, Oxon., 1888-9. V. of Aston-Rowant, 1889-93. V. of Ulting, Essex, 1893-7. V. of Eaton, Leics., 1897-1904. R. of Sotby, Lincs. and P.C. of Market Stainton, 1904-16. Married Harriet Elizabeth Skikelthorp. Died Dec. 16, 1916, aged 65, at Sotby. (Crockford; The Times, Dec. 19, 1916.)

23. Name:                Arthur Herbert Crick
College:                   ST JOHN'S
Entered:                   Lent, 1874
Died:                       15 Feb 1919
More Information:     Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 4, 1873. 2nd s. of Thomas (1818), R. of Staplehurst, Kent. B. there. [Bapt. May 6, 1855.]Matric. Lent, 1874; B.A. 1877; M.A. 1880. Ord. deacon (Rochester) 1878; priest (Salisbury) 1881; C. of South Wimbledon, 1878-9. Assistant Master at the Diocesan College, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 1879-80. Second Master of Dorset County School, 1880-1. C. of Rampisham, Dorset, 1881-3. Chaplain in the Navy, 1883-6. C. of Icklesham, Sussex, 1886-9. C. of Barking, Suffolk, 1890-2. C. of Scarborough, 1893-5. Chaplain and Assistant Master at Routenburn School, Largs, 1900. C. of East and West Barsham and Little Snoring, Norfolk, 1909-14. Resided latterly at The Lodge, Southolt, Suffolk. Died there Feb. 15, 1919, aged 63. (Scott, MSS.; The Times, Feb. 22, 1919.)

24. Name:                 Richard Polgreen Roseveare (see his son’s death on Gt Snoring War Memorials page)
College:                   ST JOHN'S
Entered:                   Michs. 1885
Born:                       11 Nov 1865
Died:                       24 Feb 1924
More Information:     Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Aug. 25, 1885; sizar, Oct., 1885. S. of William, schoolmaster (and Mary Clouter Polgreen). B. Nov. 11, 1865, at Buckholt, Dixton, Mon. School, Monmouth Grammar (The Rev. C. M. Roberts). Matric. Michs. 1885; B.A. 1888; M.A. 1892. Sometime assistant Master at St Dunstan's College, Catford. Ord. deacon (Rochester) 1889; priest, 1890; C. of St Mary's, Lewisham, 1889-92. C. of Mexborough, Yorks., 1892-6. Rector of Great Snoring with Thursford, Norfolk, 1896-1902. V. of St Matthew's, Thorpe Hamlet, 1902-3. V. of the Church of the Ascension, Blackheath, 1903-9. Rural Dean of Greenwich, 1913-15. R. of St Paul's, Deptford, 1909-17. Hon. Canon of Southwark, 1919-22; Canon Residentiary, 1922-4. V. of Lewisham, 1917-24. Rural Dean of Lewisham, 1919-24. Married, Apr. 20, 1893, Mary Isobel, youngest dau. of T. M. Skinner, Esq., of Monmouth. Died Feb. 24, 1924. Brother of the next two. (Eagle, XLIII. 270; Scott, MSS.; Crockford; Who was Who.)

25. Name:                 Frederick William Treadwell
College:                   CLARE
Entered:                   Michs. 1889
More Information:     Adm. at CLARE, Mar. 23, 1889. Matric. Michs. 1889; B.A. 1892; M.A 1896. Ord. deacon (Gloucester and Bristol, for Hereford) 1894; priest (Hereford) 1895; C. of St Mary Magd., Bridgnorth, Salop, 1894-8. C. of Hove, Sussex, 1898-9. R. of Hatley St George (and C. of East Hatley), Cambs., 1899-1902. V. of Burrington, Heref., 1902-5. C. of Docklow, 1905-8. R. of Pudleston with?? Whyle, 1905-13. Rural Dean of Leominster, 1912-13. V. of East and West Barsham with Little Snoring,Norfolk, 1913-16. R. of Shellingford, Berks., 1916-21. R. of Buscot, 1921-45. Rural Dean of Vale of White Horse, 1929-45. Of Exmouth, Devon in 1952. (Crockford.)

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