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Knowlton Court, Kent. Francis's preferment was soon mended by
appointment to the vicarage of Godmersham and rectory of Knowlton
(Foster, Alumni Oxon.).
Sir Narborough D'Aeth (d. 1773), second baronet, was the stepbrother
of Francis (preceding entry). Seeker noted in his Speculum (L.P.L. MS
VG 2/5, p. 187) that he had been responsible for making the church and
chancel at Knowlton "very neat."
Mr Derby: John Derby (d. 1778), an M.A. of New college, Oxford,
who was Bishop Pearce's nephew, chaplain and literary executor but in
the latter role only to act with the advice of John Thomas, Pearce's
successor at Rochester [G.A. Thomas, "Life and Character of John
Thomas ..." prefixed to Sermons and Charges (London, 1796), I, p.
exxxii]. Seeker appointed Derby somewhat unwillingly as he pointed out
to Newcastle: "I should have done it with more pleasure, if he had been
one, for whom Your Grace was personally interested, instead of being
recommended to you by a particular friend" (B.L. Add. MS 33,069,
fol. 467: 10 May, 1766).
Mr Duncombe: John Duncombe (1729-1786), a former fellow of
Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, and a favorite of Archbishop
Herring who had presented him to the Canterbury livings. He published,
among numerous writings, Letters from the late Most Reverend Dr.
Thomas Herring, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury to William Duncombe, Esq.,
deceased. . . in 1777. He seems to have established a good reputation as a
preacher and was considered "a man of varied if not high attainments"
(D.N.B.). He was a friend of the poet, William Cowper.
Mr Pennington: Thomas Pennington (1728-1802), who received his
B.A. from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1751, his B.D. and D.D. in 1770.
He was the father of Montagu Pennington, biographer and literary
editor for his aunt, Elizabeth Carter, and for Catherine Talbot. He was
the rector of Kingsdown, Kent, 1754, and then of Tunstall from 1766
until his death (Foster, Alumni Oxon.).
Mr Harvey: Richard Harvey (b. 1729), son of a gentleman of Eythorn,
Kent, who received his B.A. from Hertford college, Oxford, in 1751
(Foster, Alumni Oxon.).
FOLIO 67 (1766)
my Options: see note to fol. 57 for a description.
Bp Hume: John Hume, Seeker's immediate successor at Oxford in
1758.