Men of Kent and Kentishmen/John Denne

by John Hutchinson

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John Denne,

DIVINE AND ANTIQUARY.

John Denne was born at Littlebourne in 1693, and was brought up in the free schools of Sandwich and Canterbury, whence he proceeded to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, of which he became Fellow in 1716. After holding many cures, he was made Archdeacon of Rochester in 1728, and three years later was presented to the Rectory of Lambeth, by Archbishop Wake. He died in 1767. He was a learned antiquary, and contributed to John Lewis's "Life of Wicliff," and assisted Hearne in preparing his edition of "Textus Roffensis."

[See "Ellis's History of Shoreditch," "Masters' Corpus Christi College, Cambridge," "Gentleman's Magazine, 1767," and "Nichols's Literary Anecdotes,"]