Rev. Edmund Nelson, Vicar of Sporle, Rector of Hibborough

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Reverend Edmund Nelson was born on 4 November 1693 at Dunham Parva, Norfolk, England. He was the son of William Nelson and Mary Shene. He married Mary Bland, daughter of John Bland, on 23 April 1717 at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. He died on 23 October 1747 at age 53 at Hillsborough, Dunham, Norfolk, England.
He graduated with a Master of Arts (M.A.). He was Vicar at Sporle, Norfolk, England. He was Rector at Hillborough, Norfolk, England

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Venn online (ACAD):
Edmund NELSON
Adm. pens. at EMMANUEL, 03 Mar., 1713/4.
Of Norfolk .
3rd s. of William, of Dunham Parva [ Norfolk ]. B. 1693 .
Matric. 1714 ;
B.A. 1718/9 ;
M.A. 1722 .
Ord. deacon (Norwich) Dec., 1717; priest (Ely) 21 Dec., 1718.
V. of Sporle, Norfolk , and R. and patron of Hilborough [ Norfolk ].
Married Mary, dau. of John Bland, of Cambridge [ Cambridgeshire ].
Died 23 Oct., 1747.
Father of the next.

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From The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson, by Roger J.B. Knight (2005): He went to Eton College, the provosts and fellows of which "gave him the Vicarage of Sporle". His father-in-law, John Bland, purchased for his son-in-law "the next presentation and perpetual advowson of Hilborow in Norfolk in 1735".

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