Archbishop of Canterbury - KU ScholarWorks - The University of ...

Notes 135
drink and provender, it was commuted to a payment in money and had
become a fixed annual tax.
Lord Royston: Philip Yorke, son and heir of the first Lord Hardwicke,
who was styled viscount Royston 1754-64.
Oxford Address: Newcastle wrote to inform Seeker of the king's
pleasure in the Oxford address (B.L. Add. MS 32,882 fol. 418: 18
October, 1758; ibid. fol. 420: Seeker to Newcastle, same date).
Dr Hall: Charles Hall (1718-1774) of Corpus Christi college, Oxford,
who proceeded B.A. 1737, M.A. 1741, B.D. 1749 and D.D. 1757. He
was the father of Charles Henry Hall (1763-1827), who became dean of
Christ Church in 1809 and of Durham 1824, and in turn was the father
of the Captain Hall (b. 1804) who was one of thb founders of the
Plymouth Brethren. Charles Hall was clearly a favorite of Seeker who
appointed him to several livings.
FOLIO 52 (1758-64)
Dr Burton was finally appointed canon of Christ Church on 24 June,
1760 [G.M., XXX (1760), p. 298], and was rector of St. Peter-le-Poer in
Old Broad Street 1751-75.
To him I gave: the reference is to Charles Hall, not Dr. Burton [G.M.,
XXX (1760), p. 250 and XXXI (1761), p. 605].
Dr Walker: John Walker (1692P-1741), a classical scholar of Trinity
college, Cambridge (M.A. 1717), who was appointed dean and rector of
Booking in 1725 and held with it the rectorate of St. Mary Aldermary
1730-41 and the vicarage of St. Thomas's 1730-41, both in London. By
the canons of 1571 a clergyman was forbidden to hold more than two
benefices unless they were within 26 miles of each other; this was later
extended to 30 miles. However, a clergyman like Walker, who was
chaplain to Archbishop Wake and to George II, was permitted to
purchase a dispensation to hold two livings [Christopher Hill, Economic
Problems of the Church (Oxford, 1956), pp. 227-28].
Mr Hebbes: Thomas Hebbes (1733P-1766), who was educated at
Westminster and Trinity college, Cambridge where he received his B.A.
1756 and M.A. 1759. He was chaplain of Trinity 1758-60 when he was
appointed to the living of Herne Hill, Kent which he held until his death
on 30 December, 1766 (Hasted, History and Topographical Survey of. . .
Kent, III, p. 15).