Thomas Vyner DD (1629 - 11 April 1673) was a

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minister and

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Family

He was the son of William Vyner of

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, Warwickshire and younger brother of

Sir Robert Vyner, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Vyner, 1st Baronet (alternatively Vyner baronets, Viner) (16312 September 1688) was an English banker, goldsmith and Lord Mayor of London. Vyner was born in Warwick, but migrated in early life to London, where he was apprenticed to hi ...

. He obtained his BA at

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in 1650. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Izod(d. 1650), rector of

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. In 1652 he succeeded his father-in-law as rector of Stanton and three years later was incorporated at the University of Oxford. He was subsequently awarded a BD in 1662 and became DD in 1671 by

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from the king. He died in 1673 aged 44, and was buried in the Lady Chapel of

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. He left a son Thomas (d. 1706), who inherited the

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estate of his uncle Sir Robert Vyner, and 2 daughters: Elizabeth married John Snell of Salisbury Hall, Hertfordshire and Honor married Thomas Leigh, merchant of London, brother of Sir Francis Leigh.

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, dedicated his translation of

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to Sir Robert Vyner in 1675 in remembrance of Vyner, referring to 'his learned, generous, and obliging Converse'.

Career

He was appointed: *Rector of Stanton, Gloucestershire, 1652 - c. 1665 *Rural Dean of Campden *Rector of Paulersbury, Northamptonshire 1660 - 1663 *Prebendary of the second stall, Gloucester Cathedral, 1665 - 1671 *Rector of Bradwell by Sea, Essex, 1667 - 1673 * Canon of the 9th stall,

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1670 - 1673 *

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1671 - 1673 * Dean of Gloucester Cathedral 1671 - 1673

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vyner, Thomas 1673 deaths Canons of Windsor Deans of Gloucester Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge 1629 births Burials at Gloucester Cathedral