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Rev. William 
Mason
1725 - 1797


Rev. William 
Mason
, Educ. St John's, Camb. English poet.He had a nephew called William Dixon who died in 1854. He mader a short (and incomplete) catalogue of the music collection of the Minster at York ca 1780. Lived mainly in Aston. He owed an early Zumpe piano "Dr. Sterne's successor as Praecentor of York, William Mason, who became a prebendary of York in 1757. He became Praecentor in 1760 and canon residentiary in 1762. A man who fancied himself as a poet, musician, gardener and almost universal man of taste. A close friend of Horace Walpole's, he is recognised today as having been a much better critic than a performer in all these spheres. He was a staunch Whig, but befriended Catholics, particularly Edward Bedingfield of York, whose granddaughter married Charles Waterton, the traveller and eccentric taxidermist. Mason's pet hates were Tories and "coxcombs" and he wrote plenty of satirical verses against them. George may wel have qualified as one of them." [RPW] ------------ Surname Mason Forename William Title Qualification University College Year Event Type Type Resignation Date 26/2/1762 Office/Status Prebendary Clerical Status Location York St Peter's/Prebend of Holme/York Source BI Inst. AB 14 (Act Book) Ordinary / Jurisdiction Drummond, Robert Hay/York 1761-1776 ------------- Surname Mason Forename William Title Qualification MA University College Year Event Type Type Institution Date 11/2/1762 Office/Status Canon Clerical Status Location York St Peter's/Canonry of Driffield/York Source BI Inst. AB 14 (Act Book) Ordinary / Jurisdiction Drummond, Robert Hay/York 1761-1776 Description Patron Details Primary Patron Summary Patron Type Crown Patron Role for this turn Gender Male Multiple Patron Details Patron Surname Title Forename Gender Guardian Resid. Office George King Male Missing By virtue of his Prerogative Royal ---------- Surname Mason Forename William Title Qualification MA University College Year Event Type Type Institution Date 11/2/1762 Office/Status Precentor Clerical Status Location York St Peter//York Source BI Inst. AB 14 (Act Book) Ordinary / Jurisdiction Drummond, Robert Hay/York 1761-1776 Description Patron Details Primary Patron Summary Patron Type Crown Patron Role for this turn Gender Male Multiple Patron Details Patron Surname Title Forename Gender Guardian Resid. Office George King Male Missing By virtue of his Prerogative Royal ----------- Cleric Detail Surname Mason Forename William Title Qualification University College Year Event Type Reason Death Date 30/5/1797 Office/Status Rector Clerical Status Location Aston//Yorks Source BI Inst. AB 17 (Act Book) Ordinary / Jurisdiction Markham, William/York 1777-1807 Description ------------

Born: 12th Feb 1725Baptised: Holy Trinity, Kingston-on-Hull, , , 11th Mar 1725
Died: Aston, nr Birmingham, Warcs., , England 7th Apr 1797 Buried: Minster - Choir south aisle, York, Yorks., England 1797
Family:
Mason

Ancestors
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1.
Rev. William 
Mason
(
Sherman
) 1725 - 1797
2.
Rev. William 
Mason
+ 1753
4.
Hugh 
Mason
(
Lambert
) c. 1654 - post 1696
5.
   
 

Siblings


1.
Ann 
Mason


Spouses



1. St Mary's, Kingston-on-Hull, , , 25th Sep 1765
Mary 
Sherman
(
Mason
) + 1767

Descendants
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Sources

  • Family Archivists: see
    Mason


Timeline


???Made a will (will)
12th Feb 1725Born (birth)
11th Mar 1725Baptised (baptism) Kingston-on-Hull
25th Sep 1765Married
Mary 
Sherman
(
Mason
) + 1767 (marriage) Kingston-on-Hull
7th Apr 1797Died (death) Aston, nr Birmingham, Warcs., England
1797Buried (burial) York, Yorks., England
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