Samuel Denne (1730–1799) was an English cleric and antiquarian.
Life
The second of the two sons of Archdeacon
John Denne
John Denne D.D. (1693–1767) was an English churchman and antiquarian, Archdeacon of Rochester from 1728.
Life
Born at Littlebourne, Kent, on 25 May 1693, he was the eldest son of John Denne, woodreeve to the see of Canterbury. He was educate ...
, he was born at the deanery, Westminster, on 13 January 1730. He was educated at
Streatham and
King's School, Canterbury
The King's School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for 13 to 18 year old pupils) in Canterbury, Kent, England. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Eton Group. It is Britain ...
. Admitted to
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
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, 1748, he graduated B.A. 1753, and M.A. 1756. In 1754 he was presented to the vicarage of
Lamberhurst
Lamberhurst ( is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The parish contains the hamlets of The Down and Hook Green. At the 2001 Census it had a population of 1,491, increasing to 1,706 at the 2011 Census.
...
in
Kent
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, but he resigned it in 1767 on becoming vicar of
Wilmington and also of
Darenth
Darenth is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located 3.4 miles south east of Dartford and 4.6 miles north east of Swanley.
History
The parish was part of Axstane Hundred and later Dartford Rural D ...
, both near
Dartford
Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and
is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock ...
, Kent.
Denne became a fellow of the
Society of Antiquaries of London
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in 1783. He died unmarried at Wilmington, on 3 August 1799, and was buried near his father in
Rochester Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an English church of Norman architecture in Rochester, Kent.
The church is the cathedral of the Diocese of Rochester in the Church of England and the s ...
.
Works
Denne published:
* ''A Letter to Sir R. Ladbroke'' (advocacy of a
separate system
The separate system is a form of prison management based on the principle of keeping prisoners in solitary confinement. When first introduced in the early 19th century, the objective of such a prison or "penitentiary" was that of penance by the p ...
), 1771. His brother John was chaplain at
Maidstone Gaol
HM Prison Maidstone is a Category C men's prison, located in Maidstone, Kent, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.
History
Maidstone Prison is one of the oldest penal institutions in the United Kingdom, having been i ...
, and was shot by escaping prisoners.
* ''Historical Particulars of Lambeth Parish and Lambeth Palace'', 1795.
* ''The History and Antiquities of Rochester and its Environs'', with
William Shrubsole
William Shrubsole (1760–1806) was an English musician and composer.
Life
The youngest son of Thomas Shrubsole, a farrier, he was born at Canterbury, and baptised on 13 January 1760. He was a chorister in Canterbury Cathedral from 1770 to 17 ...
, 1772; also 1817 and 1833.
He contributed to:
John Thorpe
John Thorpe or Thorp (c.1565–1655?; fl.1570–1618) was an English architect.
Life
Little is known of his life, and his work is dubiously inferred, rather than accurately known, from a folio of drawings in the Sir John Soane's Museum, to whi ...
's edition of ''Custumale Roffense'';
Richard Gough
Charles Richard Gough (born 5 April 1962) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Gough played in the successful Dundee United team of the early 1980s, winning the Scottish league title in 1982–83 and reach ...
's ''Sepulchral Monuments''; the ''Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica''; the ''Illustrations of the Manners and Expences of Antient Times in England'', 1797; and an edition of
Francis Atterbury
Francis Atterbury (6 March 1663 – 22 February 1732) was an English man of letters, politician and bishop. A High Church Tory and Jacobite, he gained patronage under Queen Anne, but was mistrusted by the Hanoverian Whig ministries, and bani ...
's ''Correspondence''. He also assisted
Henry Ellis Henry Ellis may refer to:
* Henry Augustus Ellis (1861–1939), Irish Australian physician and federalist
* Henry Ellis (diplomat) (1788–1855), British diplomat
* Henry Ellis (governor) (1721–1806), explorer, author, and second colonial Gover ...
in his history of
Shoreditch
Shoreditch is a district in the East End of London in England, and forms the southern part of the London Borough of Hackney. Neighbouring parts of Tower Hamlets are also perceived as part of the area.
In the 16th century, Shoreditch was an impor ...
, contributed articles to ''
Archæologia'', and wrote in the ''
Gentleman's Magazine
''The Gentleman's Magazine'' was a monthly magazine founded in London, England, by Edward Cave in January 1731. It ran uninterrupted for almost 200 years, until 1922. It was the first to use the term ''magazine'' (from the French ''magazine'' ...
'' as "W. & D." (i.e. Wilmington and Darenth, his vicarages). His correspondence with Gough was published in vol. vi. of
John Nichols's ''Literary Illustrations''.
Notes
Attribution
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1730 births
1799 deaths
18th-century English Anglican priests
English antiquarians
Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
People from Wilmington, Kent
People from Lamberhurst