Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
NameRev Dr James IBBETSON MA DD , 3126
Birth1717
Death1781
EducationFellow of Exeter College Oxford
FatherEbenezer IBBETSON , 2052 (-1743)
MotherCatherine LEVETT , 3167
Spouses
Marriage1752
ChildrenDenzil , 1676 (1757-1821)
 John Holt , 1677 (1771-1844)
 James , 2051 (1754-1790)
 Charlotte , 425 (1761-1804)
 Levett , 3125 (1765-)
 Susannah Levett , 3130 (1759-)
 Anna Maria , 3131 (1763-1847)
 John , 3132 (1768-)
 Sophia , 3133 (1769-)
 Emily , 3134 (1773-1866)
 Harriet , 9956 (1776-1868)
 Catherine , 15388 (1755-)
Notes for Rev Dr James IBBETSON MA DD
Archdeacon of St Alban’s 1754-1781 and Rector of Bushey, Herts 1748-81 (an advowson of his family and Exeter College, Oxford. Strongly anti Jacobite). See Notes and Queries article “Yorkshire Jacobites” about the sermon he preached before the judges responsible for condemning to death a number of prominent Jacobites in York in 1745

Entry from Pitts Theological Library

James Ibbetson was an Anglican clergyman. He was a Fellow at Exeter College, Oxford and served as Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Lincoln ca. 1746. In 1768 he was a member of the Corporation for the Relief of the Widows of Clergymen. Between 1768 and 1773 he served as one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Hertford and the Liberty and Borough of St. Alban's. He also served as Rector of Bushey in Hertfordshire, prebendary of Lincoln and Archdeacon of St. Alban's.


The papers of James Ibbetson consist of several works by or of the author bound into one volume. Included are copies of letters written to the Earl of Clarendon and the Duke and Duchess of York. The copies, made by Ibbetson, were given to Lady Hyde. Also included is a published sermon by Ibbetson titled, " Public Virtue, the Great Cause of the Happiness of any People," 1746; a Manuscript copy of a letter from the Reverend Thomas Hayter; pamphlets by Ibbetson entitled "De Miriculis in Ecclesia Christiana" and "A Plea for the Subscription of the Clergy to the 39 Articles of Religion," 5th edition 1772. In addition, there is a printed work entitled "A Letter to a Friend," n.d. which consists of a large folding plan and printed notices of a legal quarrel involving Dr. Ibbetson and Abraham Cain in 1772; pamphlets by Ibbetson entitled "A Discourse of Confirmation: Designed for the Use of such as are to be Confirmed," 1774 and "Plain and Affectionate Discourses on the Sacrament of the Lords Supper," 1775.


Charlotte , 425 (1759-1804)
 
Denzil , 1676 (1756-1821)
 
John Holt , 1677 (1771-1844)
 
James , 2051 (1747-1782)

From Venn’s

Ibbetson James son of Ebenezer of St Martins Ludgate london gent Exeter College 1734 age 16 years fellow 1737-49, B A 1740, M A 1741, B D 1748, D D 1752, Rector of Bushey herts 1748 ,of Merton 1747, Archdeacon
of St Albans 1754, Preb of Lincoln 1757, died 10th August 1781
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