Thomas Chamberlayne (1743 - bef. 1801)

Born 13 May 1743 in Great Cressingham, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Tunstall) Walpole — married 14 Sep 1789 in St George, Bloomsbury, London, England

Died before 26 Nov 1801 before age 58 in Worplesdon, Surrey, England

Biography

Thomas Chamberlayne was born in Norfolk, England.

This profile is part of the Chamberlayne Name Study.

Birth and Parentage

Thomas Chamberlayne was the youngest son of Edward Chamberlayne, (1716), a clerk, of Great Cressingham, Norfolk, and his wife Elizabeth née de Grey, (1707-1752), daughter of Thomas de Grey of Merton. ^[1] He was born on 13 May 1743 and had two elder brothers,

• George and
• Edward

and two sisters,

• Charlotte, (b.1741, m. 1779, Rev. William Hayward Roberts, (1734-1791), poet and clergyman, D.D. (Cantab )) and
• Anne, (1748-1830) m. 1771, Benjamin Kennicott,( 1718-1783) biblical scholar, D.D. (Oxon) (1761) F.R.S. (1764) Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, (1770), and two older brothers, Edward and George. ^[2]

Life

Thomas became a scholar at Eton College, ^[3]and matriculated aged 18 at Kings, Cambridge on 26 January 1762. (Tripos: Cla. Math. in 1763). He attained his BA in 1788 and his MA in 1769, and subsequently became a Fellow of Kings in 1765.^[3]

He was ordained as a deacon in Norwich on 19 June 1768, became a priest on 24 June 1768 in London, after which he was presented as Rector to the church of Gt. Cressingham with Bodney, Norfolk from 1768-92. ^[3]

He then moved to Worplesdon, Surrey, where he was Rector from 15 April 1791 until his death.^{[3] [4]}

His other duties involved his being tutor to Lord Midleton.^[3]

In 1772 he was elected as Fellow of Eton College, ^[5]and its Vice-Provost from 1791-1801.^[6][3]

Marriage

On 14 September 1789 in St George, Bloomsbury, London^[7]he married Catherine Tunstall, daughter of Rev. Dr Tunstall, ^[3] but their marriage lasted only a little over 12 years.

Death

He died in December 1801, aged 57, and a note in his burial record states that he was 'respected and beloved by all who knew him'.^[8][4][3]

A Memorial in the chancel of St Mary's, Worplesdon commemorates him.^[4]

Research

Sources

1. ↑ Woodfall, G., (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1 Retrieved from Google e-Books (Google eBook ) Accessed 26 June 2022.
2. ↑ George Chamberlayne, 1738 in England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941. FamilySearch Online Database with images. Retrieved from FamilySearch FamilySearch Record: 27HX-F56 Accessed 26 June 2022.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} Venn, John, & Venn, John Archibald. (1922-1954.) Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Cambridge: University Press. Retrieved from Internet Archive Venn, Cambridge alumni: Chamberlayne, Thomas (Here;) Accessed 26 June 2022.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Edward Wedlake., (1841)., A Topographical History of Surrey: by E. W. Brayley ... assisted by John Britton ... and E. W. Brayley, jun. ... The geological section by Gideon Mantell. (The illustrative department under the superintendence of Thomas Allom.) [With plates.], Volume 2 R. B. Ede. Retrieved from Google e-Books (Google ebook Page 38-41;) Accessed 26 June 2022.
5. ↑ Stapylton, H. E. C., (1864)., The Eton School Lists, from 1791 to 1850 ... Second Ed; with Index of Names. Williams, E.P. Retrieved from Google e-Books (Google ebook;) Accessed 26 June 2022.
6. ↑ Austen-Leigh, Richard Arthur, (1921)., The Eton College register, 1753-1790 : alphabetically arranged and edited with biographical notes. Eton: Spottiswoode. Retrieved from the Internet Archive (ebook on Archive.org) Accessed 26 June 2022.
7. ↑ Catherine Tunstall, in the London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936. London Metropolitan Archives. Retrieved from Ancestry Sharing (Ancestry Image here;) Accessed 26 June 2022.
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Church of England Parish Registers; Anglican Parish Registers. Woking, Surrey, England: Surrey History Centre. Reference: WOR/1/3. Retrieved from Ancestry Sharing (Ancestry Image here;) Accessed 26 June 2022.

See also:

• Chamberlaynes at Cambridge: https://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2017c.pl?sur=chamberlayne&suro=w&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50

• Marriage Settlements: http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/files/u-ddwi.pdf