Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Newton, Richard (3)

by Joseph Foster

Newton, Richard, s. Thom., of Northampton (town), gent. Christ Church, matric. 16 June, 1694, aged 18, student 1694, B.A. 1698, M.A. 1701, B.D. 18 March, 1707-8; D.D. from Hart Hall 1710, and principal 1710-40, founder, and 1st principal of Hertford college 1740-52, canon of Christ Church 1752, rector of Sudborough, Northants, 1704-48, rector and patron of Lavendon, Bucks; born at Yardley Park 8 Nov., 1676, and died 21 April, 1752, buried in the chancel of Lavendon church. See Rawl. ii. 59, xviii. 147; Hearne, iii. 30; Al. West. 225; & Gent's. Mag. 1753, part 1, 200b.