James Ford (31 October 1779 in
Canterbury
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– 31 January 1850 in
Navestock, Essex), was an English antiquary.
Life
Born in Canterbury, Ford was the eldest son of the Rev. James Ford, B.A., minor canon of Durham, and afterwards minor canon of Canterbury. He entered the
King's School, Canterbury, in 1788, matriculated at
Trinity College, Oxford on 8 July 1797 and became fellow of his college on 2 June 1807. He graduated B.A. 1801. M.A. 1804, B.D. 1812, and in 1811 was junior proctor of the university. He held the
perpetual curacies of
St Lawrence Church, Ipswich
St Lawrence Church is a Grade II* listed church in Ipswich, Suffolk, that is now used as a community centre. The 15th-century church has the oldest ring of five church bells in the world.
History
St Lawrence was built on Dial Lane in the heart of ...
, and of
Hill Farrance, Somerset. He was subsequently presented (28 October 1830) to the vicarage of
Navestock in Essex, and died on 31 January 1850. His quaint directions for a funeral of great simplicity were carried out when he was buried in Navestock churchyard. There is a monument to him in Navestock Church, and a portrait of him in the common room of Trinity College, Oxford.
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On 19 November 1830][ Ford married Lætitia Jermyn, the author of ''The Butterfly Collector's Vade Mecum''. They had no children.][
Ford bequeathed £2,000 to the ]University of Oxford
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, chancellor ...
for the endowment of the Ford's Professorship of English History, and £4,000 to Trinity College, Oxford for the purchase of advowson
Advowson () or patronage is the right in English law of a patron (avowee) to present to the diocesan bishop (or in some cases the ordinary if not the same person) a nominee for appointment to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church living, ...
s, and £4,000 for the endowment of four Ford's Studentships, two of which were to be confined to youths educated at King's School, Canterbury.[
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Literary work
Ford was a collector and compiler on antiquarian subjects. His large collection for a new edition of Philip Morant
Philip Morant (6 October 1700 – 25 November 1770) was an English clergyman, author and historian.
Education
He was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon (now Abingdon School) and Pembroke College, Oxford, eventually taking his m ...
's ''History of Essex'' is in the library of Trinity College, Oxford, and his manuscript collections for a history of bishops from the Revolution onwards were purchased by the British Museum. He was also a contributor to the '' Gentleman's Magazine'' and to Nichols Nichols may refer to:
People
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*Nichol, a surname
Places Canada
* Nichols Islands, Nunavut
United States
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's ''Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century'' vols. vi. and viii., and was the author of ''The Devout Communicant'' (1815), and ''A Century of Christian Prayers'' (2nd ed. Ipswich, 1824).
Bibliographical work
''Notitia Suffolcienses'' was a bibliographical work Ford wrote but did not publish
References
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1779 births
1850 deaths
18th-century antiquarians
19th-century antiquarians
People from Canterbury
English antiquarians