David Trimnel

David Trimnel, D.D. (b Abbots Ripton 15 September 1675 – d Stoke Hammond 18 May 1756) was an English priest.[1]

Trimnel was educated at New College, Oxford.[2] He was Rector of Nuneham Courtney from 1660. He was appointed Archdeacon of Leicester in 1715[3] and Precentor of Lincoln Cathedral in 1718,[4] holding both posts until his death. He had three brothers: Charles (Bishop of Norwich and of Winchester), William (Dean of Winchester), and Hugh (king's apothecary).[5]

Notes

  1. ^ "The Political State of Great Britain, Volume 35" p163: London; M.Boyer; 1728
  2. ^ [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1501-1528 Tracie-Tyson Pages 1501–1528 Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714]
  3. ^ Le NeveRoger de Saxenhurst, John; Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus (1854). Archdeacons of Leicester . Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. Vol. 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 59–63  – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ CCEd
  5. ^ "Trimnell, Charles" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.