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Simon Cayley (abt. 1661 - 1703)

Revd. Simon Cayley
Born about in Yorkshire, Englandmap
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Died at about age 42 [location unknown]
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Biography

Simon was the son of William Cayley and Mary Holbech.[1] He was baptised at Brompton by Sawdon, Yorkshire, England on 31 October 1661.[2]

He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1678 and being awarded a BA degree in 1681-2 and a MA in 1685.[3]

Simon was ordained priest in 1685. He was Vicar of Brompton by Sawdon, Yorkshire from 1685 to 1692 and was Rector of Ampthill, Bedfordshire, and Rector of Maulden, Bedfordshire at the time of his death.[4]

Simon had at least four children:

  • Mary, baptised at Ampthill, Bedfordshire on 13 November 1700[5]
  • William[6][7]
  • Arthur[3]
  • Simon, baptised at Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England on 11 July 1703, with his birth date given as 9 July[8]

He died in 1703 (when his last parish appointment ended) as a result of a fall from his horse.[7] He was buried at Ampthill, Bedfordshire on 3 December 1703.[9]

Possible Son John

Foster's Yorkshire Pedigrees says that Simon had a son called John who was a British consul in an unspecified place.[7] This may be a confusion with Simon's son William who was a British consul in the Iberian peninsula.

Sources

  1. J W Clay. Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions, Vol. III, William Pollard, 1917, p. 298, Internet Archive
  2. "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66BD-7HDB : 23 February 2022), Simon Cayley, 1661
  3. 3.0 3.1 Joseph Foster. Alumni Cantabrigienses, Part I, Vol. I, Cambridge University Press, 1922, p.282, Internet Archive
  4. The Clergy database (person ID 86998)
  5. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3ZH-2XW : 20 March 2020), Mary Cayley, 1700
  6. History of Parliament online: CAYLEY, William (d.1768), of Scampton, Lincs
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Joseph Foster. Yorkshire Pedigrees, Vol. III (North and East Riding), palsied for the author, 1874, Cayley pedigree, Internet Archive
  8. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMV5-4F6 : 20 March 2020), Simon Cayley, 1703
  9. Bedfordshire : Ampthill : St Andrew : Transcript : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5817a9d6e93790ec753d6357 : viewed 7 Jul 2022) burial Simon Cayley 3 Dec 1703




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