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Notes 183
Sir Fra. D'Aeth is actually Sir Narborough (see the preceding entry).
Dr Geekie: William Geekie who died 22 July, aged 77 [GM., XXXVII
(1767), p. 383]. Formerly a fellow of Queens' college, Oxford, he had
been chaplain to the duke of Somerset, and then to Archbishop Wake. In
addition to the prebend he held, he was rector of All Hallows, Barking,
(1733-67), of Dursley, Gloucestershire (1738-67) and archdeacon of
Gloucester (1738-67) [Venn, Alumni Cantab.].
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Dr Denne: John Denne (1693-1767), eldest son of the woodreeve to the
see of Canterbury (see fol. 54). He had been a fellow of Corpus Christi
college, Cambridge, where he acted as joint tutor with Thomas Herring,
later archbishop of Canterbury. He held a number of livings: vicar of St.
Leonard's, Shoreditch (1723-67), prebendary and archdeacon of
Rochester from 1728 and rector of Lambeth (1731-67). He was an
antiquary of some repute, delivering the Boyle lectures from 1725 to
1728. He died 5 August, 1767 (D.N.B.).
Mr Landon: John Landon (1701-1777), a B.A. of Christ Church,
Oxford, who had been rector of Nurstead with Ifield, Kent, since 1744.
In September 1767 he had been "Disabled from Duty by a Stroke of the
Palsy, going to a Relation in Herefordshire ..." (L.RL. MS VG 2/5,
p. 365).
Mr Wintle: Thomas Wintle (1738-1814), a graduate of Oxford (M.A.
1759, B.D. 1768). In addition to Wittersham he was rector of St.
Peter's, Wallingford (1767-74) and of Bright Well, Berkshire
(1774-1814) [G.M., LXXXIV (1814), II, pp. 192-93]. He was active in
the defence of Seeker's reputation and a witness to his will on 2 April,
1768 (L.P.L. MS Seeker 7).
Grandfathers House: Seeker had stayed with Joseph Wintle (d. 1722), a
distiller in Gloucester.
Mr Backhouse: James Backhouse (1720-1790), fellow of Trinity college,
Cambridge, after 1742 and Taxor for the University in 1749 and 1753.
He was Newcastle's agent there, and held the living of Over in
Cambridgeshire (1761). Newcastle's letter to Seeker (9 June, 1767)
concerning the recommendation is in B.L. Add. MS 32,980, fol. 263.
See also D.A. Winstanley, The University of Cambridge in the Eighteenth
Century (London, 1958 rpt.), pp. 232, 327-28.