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Shuckford, Samuel, ? 1694-1754 (clergyman and author)

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Biography

Samuel Shuckford (d. 1754), historian, was born in Norwich around 1694. He attended grammar schools in Norwich and Botesdale, Suffolk, before studying at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, 1712-1719 (B.A., 1716; M.A., 1720). He was ordained deacon in 1717, and priest in 1719, and was rector of Shelton, Norfolk, 1722-1746, and vicar of Seething and Mundham, Norfolk. He was a prebend of Canterbury, and obtained the living of All Saints, Lombard Street, London. He died on 14 July 1754.

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Samuel Shuckford: Book Catalogue

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4402
Scope and Contents

Catalogue of the books of Samuel Shuckford, started in his hand but continued in another.

Dates: 1739-1783
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