Samuel Berdmore (before 1693 – 24 March 1742/3Notes on the churches of Nottinghamshire: Hundred of Bingham. John Thomas Godfrey. 1907) was an English clergyman. Berdmore was the fourth son of Edward Berdmore of Worcester. He was educated at

Charterhouse School Charterhouse is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Godalming, Surrey, England. Founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian monastery in Charter ...

. He matriculated at

Merton College, Oxford Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 126 ...

in 1693, and gained a BA in 1697 and an MA from

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in 1706. He became Vicar of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham, in 1708, Prebendary of Southwell in 1713, Rector of Lambley, in 1714, of St. Edmund's Church, Holme Pierrepont, in 1719, of

Cotgrave Cotgrave () is a Town#United Kingdom, town and civil parish in the borough of Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Nottingham. It perches on the South Nottinghamshire Wolds about 131 feet (40 metres) ...

, Nottinghamshire, in 1722 and a Canon of York in 1735. He held several of these posts at the same time, and was onetime Chaplain to

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Family

Berdmore married Martha Scrope on 8 July 1701 at

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, London. The licence for this marriage was issued against the 'allegation' of a Mathew Beardmore, undoubtedly the same Mathew, lace-maker, who married Isabella Mason at

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, London, in 1702 (and whose son, Thomas, born c. 1704, matriculated at Lincoln College in 1722 and gained his MA ten years' later), and possibly the Matthew Berdmore (or his son) who with wife Mary had a daughter Mary baptised at South Moreton, Berks, in 1679 and two Elizabeths baptised in London, one in 1681 and the second in 1686. Samuel and Martha had a number of children: *

Scrope Berdmore Rev. Scrope Berdmore (19 February 1708 – 16 February 1770) was an English clergyman. His father was Samuel Berdmore and his mother was Martha Scrope. He matriculated from Merton College, Oxford in 1724, gained his BA in 1728, MA in 1732, ...

(born 1708), baptised at St. Mary's Church, Nottingham: * Edward (c.1710), baptised at St. Mary's Church, Nottingham: * William (c.1712) baptised at St. Mary's Church, Nottingham: * Elizabeth (c.1717) baptised at St. Mary's Church, Nottingham: * Mathew (baptised at Totteridge 6 Jan 1704 and buried four days later), * Martha (c.1707), * Lucy (c.1712) * Mary (c.1714). It is possible that Berdmore married a second time, as there are a string of children of a Samuel and Elizabeth (possibly ''née'' Monille) all baptised at

Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of the Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area and the second largest settlement in Nottinghamshire (following the city ...

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, between 1723 and 1738.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berdmore, Samuel 1740s deaths Vicars of St Mary's Church, Nottingham Alumni of Merton College, Oxford People educated at Charterhouse School 18th-century English Anglican priests Year of birth uncertain