GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-002443
NameJohn Murgatroyd
TitleReverend
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of England
Livedb. ca. 1702-01-01 - d. 1768-08-05 (new)
Linked Manuscriptsmanuscript owner? - File of texts of sermons preached at Almondbury, Briars, Deanhead, Hartshead, Marsden, Meltham, and Saddleworth: KC793/5
Linked Sermons
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesHeadingley -- ParishSt John the Evangelist, Leeds -- ParishDrighlington -- Place of StudyPeterhouse -- Place of Study
Source of DataCatherine Evans
Biographical Sources ConsultedACAD (Venn) (ID: MRGT719J); CCEd (Person ID: 88895)
Other NoteDate of birth unknown, but Murgatroyd was admitted to Peterhouse, Cambridge at age 17 in 1719. Before that, he attended school at Drighlington, which is near Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire. B.A. (1727/8) and M.A. (1733) from Peterhouse. Vicar of Headingley, West Riding of Yorkshire, 1730-1732, and of St John the Evangelist, Leeds, from 1731 until his death in 1768.
GEMMS record createdMay 21, 2019
GEMMS record last editedDecember 17, 2019