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Thomas Hancorne (1752–1838)

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Thomas Hancorne
Born1752 (1752)
DiedJune 4, 1838(1838-06-04) (aged 85–86)
Alma materJesus College, Oxford
Years active1778–1838

Thomas Mansel Hancorne DL JP (1752 – 1838) was a Welsh Anglican clergyman and judicial officer.

Early life

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Hancorne was the son of Samuel Hancorne of Oxwich, Glamorgan by his wife Mary Bevan, and a great-grandson of the Rev. Thomas Hancorne and Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel. He matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford on 26 March 1773.[1][2]

Career

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Hancorne was ordained as a deacon on 27 June 1778 by Shute Barrington, Bishop of Llandaff, and as a priest on 30 May 1779 by Lord James Beauclerk, Bishop of Hereford.[3]

He began his career at the Parish Church of Pyle and Kenfig, where he was a curate from 28 June 1778.[3]

Hancorne was appointed Rector of Michaelston-le-Pit on 29 June 1781 and Barry on 26 July 1792. He was instituted to the vicarship of Newcastle with Bettws, Laleston and Tythegston, on the presentation of the Lord Chancellor Alexander Wedderburn, on 16 March 1795. He retained all these posts until his death in 1838.[4]

Hancorne was appointed a deputy lieutenant (DL) and justice of the peace (JP) for the county of Glamorgan.[5]

References

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  1. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Hancorne, Thomas". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 599.
  2. ^ [Times index, 1787] : the TIMES index, January-December 1787 The Daily Universal Register index, January-December 1787. Reading : Newspaper Archive Developments. 1979. p. 72. ISBN 9780903713870 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ a b Hancorne, Thomas (1752 – 1838) at Clergy of the Church of England Database
  4. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine. Open Court Publishing Co. August 1838. p. 220 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ Hancorne and Rosser families of Cowbridge (p. 17)