James Ibbetson

James Ibbetson, D.D., J.P.^[1] (1717–1781)^[2] was Archdeacon of St Albans in the Church of England from 13 September 1754 until his death on 12 August 1781.^[3]

Life

He was the son of Ebenezer Ibbetson, of the parish of St Martin, Ludgate in the City of London, a silk merchant who imported mantuas from the Netherlands.^[3]^[4]^[5] He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in 1734, at age 16. He was a Fellow of the college from 1737 to 1749, graduating B.A. in 1740 and M.A. in 1741. He received the divinity degrees of B.D. in 1748 and D.D. in 1752.^[3]^[6]

Ibbetson was the incumbent at Merton, Oxfordshire in 1747.^[3] He was then presented to Bushey, Hertfordshire in 1748, by his father, who had a limited patronage under the will of Grace Smith.^[7]

Works

A Plea for the subscription of the Clergy to the thirty-nine articles of religion (1767).^[8] This work was an early criticism of the proposals by Francis Blackburne to relax the religious tests in the Church of England.^[9]

Family

Ibbetson's children included:

James (1755–1790), a barrister, and the husband of Agnes Ibbetson, the plant physiologist.^[10]^[11]
Denzil (born 1756/7), cleric who became rector of Halstead.^[12]^[13]
Charlotte, second daughter, married William Boscawen.^[14]^[15]

References

^ National Archives
^ Fleuron
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Ibbetson, James (1)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
^ Taylor, Lou (2009). Mourning Dress: A Costume and Social History. Routledge. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-135-22842-2.
^ Nathalie Rothstein, Dutch Silks – An Important but Forgotten Industry of the 18th century or a Hypothesis?, Oud Holland Vol. 79, No. 3 (1964), pp. 152–171, at p. 155 note 20. Published by: Brill JSTOR 42712157
^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
^ Cussans, John Edwin (1879). History of Hertfordshire: History of the hundreds of Dacorum and Cashio. Chatto. p. 237.
^ Ibbetston, James (1767). A Plea for the subscription of the Clergy to the thirty-nine articles of religion.
^ Haakonssen, Knud (2006). Enlightenment and Religion: Rational Dissent in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge University Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-521-02987-2.
^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Ibbetson, James (2)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
^ Shteir, Ann B. "Ibbetson, Agnes". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14348. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Ibbetson, Denzil" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
^ "Ibbetson, Denzil (1779–1821) (CCEd Person ID 67050)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Boscawen, William" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. H. Colburn. 1847. p. 507.