Biography of Thomas Turner 1645-1714

Before 23rd August 1637 [his father] Dean Thomas Turner [aged 46] and [his mother] Margaret Windebank were married.

In September 1645 Thomas Turner was born to [his father] Dean Thomas Turner [aged 54] and [his mother] Margaret Windebank.

On 10th May 1662 Thomas Turner [aged 16] matriculated at Hart Hall Hertford College, Oxford University.

On 6th October 1663 Thomas Turner [aged 18] was admitted to a Gloucestershire scholarship at Corpus, of which he became fellow in 1672. He graduated B.A. on 15 March 1666, M.A. in 1669, B.D. in 1677, and D.D. in 1683.

In 1672 Thomas Turner [aged 26] was appointed Vicar of Milton, near Sittingbourne, Kent, which office he held until 1695.

On 8th October 1672 [his father] Dean Thomas Turner [aged 81] died. He was buried in the Dean's Chapel Canterbury Cathedral.

In 1680 Thomas Turner [aged 34] was appointed Rector of Thorley, Hertfordshire, which office he held until 1689.

On 11th November 1683 [his brother] Bishop Francis Turner [aged 46] was consecrated Bishop of Rochester at Lambeth Palace [Map].

John Evelyn's Diary. 20th December 1685. Dr Turner [aged 40], brother to ye Bp. of Ely [aged 48], and sometime Tutor to my son, preach'd at Whitehall [Map] on 8 Mark 38, concerning ye submission of Christians to their persecutors, in were some passages indiscreete enough, considering ye time, and the rage of the inhumane French tyrant against the poore Protestants.

In 1688 Thomas Turner [aged 42] became rector of Fulham, Middlesex, archdeacon of Essex in 1680, canon of Ely in 1686, canon of St Paul's Cathedral in 1682, and precentor in 1690.

On 2nd November 1700 [his brother] Bishop Francis Turner [aged 63] died.

In 1706 Thomas Turner [aged 60] began what are now the Fellows' buildings at Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, to a design attributed to Henry Aldrich. They were completed in 1712.

On 29th April 1714 Thomas Turner [aged 68] died.

After 29th April 1714. St Michael's Church, Stowe Nine Churches [Map]. Monument to Thomas Turner [deceased]. Sculpted by Thomas Stayner [aged 49]. Baldachin. Drapery. Baroque. The figure on the left is Faith who holds a model of a circular church. The figure on the right is Thomas Turner. Segmental Pediment. Moulded Cornice.