A history of the Church of St Giles, Northampton . t Taylor; School, 1731-1740, and matriculated atSt. Johns College, Oxford, 7th July, 1740. He was electedto a Fellowship at St. Johns, 1743 ; , April 13th, 1744 ;, 29th January, 1768. In 1748, he became Vicar of St. Sepulchres, Northampton,but resigned in 1762. From 1762 to 1763, he was Rector ofEcton. Meanwhile in 1752, he had become Master of CourteenhallGrammar School. His appointment to this office is recordedthus in the Northampton Mercury* May 19th, at an assembly of the Worshipful the Mayorand Aldermen of Northampton, at their
A history of the Church of St Giles, Northampton . t Taylor; School, 1731-1740, and matriculated atSt. Johns College, Oxford, 7th July, 1740. He was electedto a Fellowship at St. Johns, 1743 ; , April 13th, 1744 ;, 29th January, 1768. In 1748, he became Vicar of St. Sepulchres, Northampton,but resigned in 1762. From 1762 to 1763, he was Rector ofEcton. Meanwhile in 1752, he had become Master of CourteenhallGrammar School. His appointment to this office is recordedthus in the Northampton Mercury* May 19th, at an assembly of the Worshipful the Mayorand Aldermen of Northampton, at their Guildhall, the Rev. , Vicar of St. Sepulchres, was with the approbationof Sir Charles Wake, Bart., unanimously elected Master ofthe Freeschool at Courteenhall, in room of the Rev. , deceased.! He seems to have been living at Courteenhall before hisappointment, for his second son, Peter, was baptized there8th March, 1751-2. * Northampton Mercury, 25th May, 1752. f James Pasham, was Vicar of Dallington, and died 1 ith May, The Rev. Peter Whalley (1722 to 1791).(Historian of Northamptonshire). THE WHALEY OR WHALLEY FAMILY. 301 Whalley remained at Courteenhall for eight years, butresigned in 1760, on being appointed Upper Grammar Master*,of Christs Hospital, He held the latter appointment from 1760 to 1776J ; andafterwards became Headmaster of St. Olaves, Southwark. In January, 1766, he was chosen (by the Aldermen ofLondon), Rector of the United Parishes of St. MargaretPattens and St. Gabriels, Fenchurch Street, and was insti-tuted, February 5th. He held this living till his death in1791. He was also Vicar of Horley, Surrey, from 1768 till1791. Peter Whalley was the author of various works (1) An Essayon the manner of writing history (anon.), 1746 ; (2) An enquiryinto the learning of Shakespeare, 1748 ; (3) A vindicationof the evidences and authenticity of the Gospels from the objectionsof the late Lord Bolingbroke, 1753. In 1756, he edited the W
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