William Eden

William Eden, b. say 1678; d. 1741. Eden attended Ryton School for his secondary education. On 7 July 1698, he was admitted pens. (ae. 19) at Peterhouse College (Cambridge University). William was a Scholar in 1698, received his M.A. in 1702 (incorporated from Glasgow, where he was a student for four years). He received his B.A. (Glasgow) in 1697 and his M.A in 1702. William Eden was ordained deacon in Durham, 21 Sept. 1701; and a priest, 19 Sept. 1703. Eden became P.C. of St. Helen, Auckland, from 1703 to 1714, Vicar of Stockton from 1714 to 1715, Rector of Elwick from 1715 to 1741, and Vicar of St. Nicholas, Durham, from 1720 to 1722.

Dr. Eden appears on the Buttery R. 15 July 1698. “Mr Eden” was Inceptor in 1702. According to the Graduati William Eden became B.A. in 1697; M.A. in 1702. Will. Eden, Dunelmensis, educated at Ryton, apparently an undergraduate, was admitted to a Cosin Scholarship as above. A William Eden was inst. R. of Elwick, Co. Durham, in 1715, resigning the Vio. of Stockton, to which he was instituted in 1714: his living was vacant by death in 1741. He was, according to Surtees, son of Layton Eden, R. of Hartburn. Surtees iii. 86, 187. Layton (Laton) Eden graduated from Peterhouse in 1673.[19]