William Burscough was an eighteenth-century

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. Burscough matriculated at Brasenose College Oxford in 1692, where his matriculation record gave his father as John Burscough, cleric, of Stoke, Surrey. He moved in 1694 to

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, being appointed a Fellow in 1699. In 1712 was appointed Rector of Stoke-next-Guildford, Surrey, which had been his father's living until his death in 1707. He became

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in 1725; and was

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from 1725 until his death on 3 April 1755. It has been said that he was the son of Robert Burscough,

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from 1703 until 1709, but this seems to be incorrect. Contemporary documents name him (as "Rt Rev Wm Burscough, Bishop of Limerick") as dealing with the property in Hertfordshire previously owned by the Bownests, his mother's family.Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies: Manorial records and title deeds for Manors of Thundridge and Essendon, and estate records of the Dimsdale and Whitbread families, 16th C - 19th C Ref DE/H/589,

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1675 births Deans of Lismore 18th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe 1755 deaths Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe {{Ireland-reli-bio-stub