Item 1 - Copy of will: John Newcome

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SJCR/SJGR/5/2/51/1

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GB 1859 SJCR/SJGR/5/2/51/1

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Copy of will: John Newcome

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  • 1763 (Creation)

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1 item [0.25 file]; paper

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(1684-1765)

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Son of John Newcome, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire. He was admitted as sizar to St John's College in 1700, graduating BA 1704-5. He obtained his MA in 1708, his BD in 1715, and his DD in 1725. He was a Fellow of the College 1707-1728, and Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity 1727-1765. He was ordained as a priest in Ely on 19 September 1708, was Vicar of Thriplow, Cambridgeshire, and Rector of Offord Cluny, Huntingdonshire 1730-65. He then served as Master of St. John's College from 1735 and Dean of Rochester from 1744 until his death. He died in St John's College on 10 January 1765.

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14 pages. Copy of the will of John Newcome, dated 12 June 1763; with codicil, dated 27 July 1763 and confirmed 12 August 1763. As well as the bequest of Bourn to fund two scholarships, Newcome also bequeathed his house in Holy Trinity Parish, Cambridge (very likely 15 Hobson Street) in trust to support an annual prize for moral philosophy, portraits, and books. The rectory of Minting, Lincolnshire, devolved to St John's after Newcome's death, under terms of bequest in which he was granted the advowson during his lifetime.

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D59.52

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