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Robert Master

Robert Master

English archdeacon

Robert Mosley Master (b Croston 12 February 1794 – d Poulton-le-Fylde 1 July 1867), also known as the "Clogging Parson",[1][2] was Archdeacon of Manchester, England.[3] from 1854[4] to 1867.[5]

Robert Mosley Master, 1860 engraving

He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford[6] and ordained in 1822. After a curacy[7] in Burnley[8] he was the incumbent at Leyland, Lancashire until his last appointment at Croston.[9]

His father in law was Member of Parliament for Midhurst.[10]

References

  1. [1]
    Burnley Heritage
  2. [2]
    Burnley Express
  3. [3]
    'Ecclesiastical', North Wales Chronicle (Bangor, Wales), Saturday, September 9, 1854; Issue 1435
  4. [4]
    'Ecclesiastical' Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian (Southampton, England), Saturday, September 09, 1854; pg. 3; Issue 1620
  5. [5]
    'RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE' The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, July 09, 1867; pg. 2; Issue 4437
  6. [6]
    The Quarterly Theological Review and Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 4: London, C & J Rivington, 1826
  7. [7]
    Briercliffe Society
  8. [8]
    The Bury and Norwich Post: Or, Suffolk and Norfolk Telegraph, Essex, Cambridge, & Ely Intelligencer (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, May 31, 1826; Issue 2292
  9. [9]
    National Archives
  10. [10]
    Leigh Rayment[usurped]
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