Rev. John Mansfield

Rev. John Mansfield, brother-in-law and one of the devisees in trust of Thomas Hibbert (who died in 1807): the compensation for the enslaved people on Agualta Vale was paid into the Chancery suit of Washington Hibbert v Thomas Hibbert and others, a suit instituted to implement Thomas Hibbert's will.

1. John Mansfield Adm. sizar at CLARE, Jan. 27, 1778. B. at Thrapston, Northants. [School, Rugby.] Matric. Lent, 1779; B.A. 1782; M.A. 1785; B.D. 1797. Fellow, 1782. Tutor to the Prideaux-Brune family. R. of Patrington, Yorks., 1803-37. R. of Rowner, Hants. (on presentation by the Prideaux family), 1805-37. Married, Mar. 3, 1815, Winifred, dau. of R. C. Blackford, Esq., deceased, of Osborne, Isle of Wight. Died Sept. 2, 1837, aged 77; buried at Rowner. Father of Charles B. (1836). (Davis correspondence; E. H. Vigers; Rugby Sch. Reg.; G. Mag., 1837, II. 433.).

2. The will of Rev. John Mansfield of Rowner in Hampshire proved 28/10/1837 mentions his sister Dorothy Hibbert.

T71/856 St Mary no. 1.

1. Ancestry.com, Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database online]

2. PROB 11/1885/308.