(1698-1770) Ecclesiastical historian, educated at Cambridge, and entering the Church held various benefices, becoming in 1764 Archdeacon of London. He puborn Remarks on Ecclesiastical History (1751-54), a Life of Erasmus, and various miscellaneous pamphlets and tracts; 7 volumes of sermons appeared after his death. All his works show learning, and are written in a lively style.