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284 HISTORY OF
This prelate possessed that mild disposition, practised those affable manners,
and displayed that christian benevolence, which his epitaph records. Some single
sermons form the whole of his printed works.
JOSEPH WILCOCKS.
In a short time after the death of Dr. Bradford, he succeeded to the deanery
of this church, with the liberty which had been granted to his four immediate pre-
decessors, of holding it in commendam with the bishopric of Rochester. He was
fellow of Magdalen College, in the university of Oxford; when he received the
appointment of chaplain to the British factory at Lisbon. On his return to Eng-
land, he became preceptor to the princesses, the royal daughters of the Prince of
Wales, afterwards George II. In the beginning of March, 1720-1, he was pre-
ferred to a prebendary in this church ; and, in the following December, was con-
secrated Bishop of Gloucester. In that see he remained till the year 1731, when
he was translated to the bishopric of Rochester, which was associated with the
deanery of this church. These preferments he held till his death, which took
place on the 9th of March, 1756, at the advanced age of eighty-three. His
remains were interred in a vault in the Ecclesiastical Court.
During the time in which he presided over the affairs of this church, its re-
pairs and decorations, which had been designed and begun by Sir Christopher
Wren, proceeded to completion, and the two western towers were finished, which
add so much to the beauty and magnificence of this splendid structure.
ZACHARY PEARCE.
This eminent divine and renowned scholar was the son of a distiller in High
Holbourn, London, and born in the year 1690. He was educated at Westmin-
ster school, and elected from thence to Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1717,
This prelate possessed that mild disposition, practised those affable manners,
and displayed that christian benevolence, which his epitaph records. Some single
sermons form the whole of his printed works.
JOSEPH WILCOCKS.
In a short time after the death of Dr. Bradford, he succeeded to the deanery
of this church, with the liberty which had been granted to his four immediate pre-
decessors, of holding it in commendam with the bishopric of Rochester. He was
fellow of Magdalen College, in the university of Oxford; when he received the
appointment of chaplain to the British factory at Lisbon. On his return to Eng-
land, he became preceptor to the princesses, the royal daughters of the Prince of
Wales, afterwards George II. In the beginning of March, 1720-1, he was pre-
ferred to a prebendary in this church ; and, in the following December, was con-
secrated Bishop of Gloucester. In that see he remained till the year 1731, when
he was translated to the bishopric of Rochester, which was associated with the
deanery of this church. These preferments he held till his death, which took
place on the 9th of March, 1756, at the advanced age of eighty-three. His
remains were interred in a vault in the Ecclesiastical Court.
During the time in which he presided over the affairs of this church, its re-
pairs and decorations, which had been designed and begun by Sir Christopher
Wren, proceeded to completion, and the two western towers were finished, which
add so much to the beauty and magnificence of this splendid structure.
ZACHARY PEARCE.
This eminent divine and renowned scholar was the son of a distiller in High
Holbourn, London, and born in the year 1690. He was educated at Westmin-
ster school, and elected from thence to Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1717,