Life History
approx. 1747 |
Born.1 From Oxford University Alumni :- |
30th May 1764 |
Educated Oxford, Queen's College.1 Matric |
between 1765 and 1768 |
Educated Oxford, Magdalen College.1 |
1768 |
Qualification in Oxford University.1 B.A. |
between 1770 and 1778 |
Career in Oxford University.1 Fellow |
1770 |
Qualification in Oxford University.1 M.A. |
22nd Jan 1778 |
Licence obtained for marriage to Sarah RICHARDSON in Faculty Office.8 Groom - Philip Gurdon |
3rd Mar 1778 |
Married Sarah RICHARDSON in Birmingham, Saint Martin.9,10 From the Parish Register :- |
7th Nov 1780 |
Mentioned in Will.2 Of Philip Gurdon (died 1780) |
30th Nov 1812 |
Wrote will.3 "In the Name of God Amen I the Reverend Philip Gurdon of Assington Hall, in the County of Suffolk ..." |
13th Sep 1814 |
Codicil to Will.3 "I the Reverend Philip Gurdon of Assington Hall in the County of Suffolk Clerk do by this Codicil ..." |
24th Jan 1815 |
Mentioned in Will.4 Of Jemima Ray née Gurdon |
7th May 1817 |
From the Morning Post :- |
16th May 1817 |
Buried in Assington, St Edmund.7 Age 70 |
1st Jul 1817 |
Executor.4 Of the Will of Jemima Ray née Gurdon |
4th Jul 1817 |
Probate.3 Executors :- |
Sources
- 1. Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 - GURDON - Rev Philip Gurdon - entered 1764
- 2. Will of Reverend Philip Gurdon, Clerk of Bures Saint Mary, Suffolk
- National Archives - PROB 1171126
- 3. Will of Reverend Philip Gurdon, Clerk of Assington Hall, Suffolk
- National Archives - PROB 11/1594
- 4. Will of Jemima Ray, Widow of Colchester, Essex
- National Archives - PROB 11/1594
- 5. Morning Post - Deaths - Philip Gurdon
- Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, May 22, 1817; Issue 14456
- 6. Bury and Norwich Post - Deaths - Philip Gurdon - 1817
- Bury and Norwich Post (Bury Saint Edmonds, England), Wednesday, May 14, 1817; Issue 1820
- 7. National Burial Index for England & Wales - Philip Gurdon - 1817
- 8. Marriage Licence Allegations - Faculty Office 1701-1850 - Gurdon & Richardson - 1778
- 9. IGI Individual Record - Marriage - Philip Gurdon, Sarah Richardson
- 10. Birmingham, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 - Gurdon & Richardson - 1778