Benjamin Pye

Benjamin Pye LL.D. (1726 – 1808) was Archdeacon of Durham from 1791 to 1808.[1]

Pye was educated at New College, Oxford.[2] He was Rector of Whitburn from 1769 to 1791.[3] He married (and was the second husband of) Elizabeth Bathurst-Sleigh 3rd daughter of Mary, who in turn was the second child of Charles Bathurst, MP for Richmond 1727.[4]

According to (Sir) Cuthbert Sharp in his The Bishoprick Garland[5] Benjamin Pye wrote the second "Stockton's Commendation".[6]

He died on 26 March 1808.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Abstract of Will of Benjamin Pye, Doctor of laws, Archdeacon of Durham of Easington,..." National Archives. 27 April 1808. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Pye, Benjamin" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ "Parish of Whitburn | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ^ Burke, John (1835). History of the commoners of England and Ireland Volume II BY John Burke 1835.
  5. ^ The Bishoprick Garland page 63, Gredos.usal.es
  6. ^ "The Bishopric Garland: Or, Durham Minstrel. Being a Choice Collection of Excellent Songs, Relating to the Above County, Full of Agreeable Variety, and Pleasant Mirth". R. Christopher. 15 July 1784. Retrieved 15 July 2020 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland, &c. (Lancaster, England), Saturday, 2 April 1808; Issue 355



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