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

1. National Archives
2. Fleuron
3. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Ibbetson, James (1)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
4. Taylor, Lou (2009). Mourning Dress: A Costume and Social History. Routledge. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-135-22842-2.
5. 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
6. “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
7. Cussans, John Edwin (1879). History of Hertfordshire: History of the hundreds of Dacorum and Cashio. Chatto. p. 237.
8. Ibbetston, James (1767). A Plea for the subscription of the Clergy to the thirty-nine articles of religion.
9. Haakonssen, Knud (2006). Enlightenment and Religion: Rational Dissent in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge University Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-521-02987-2.
10. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Ibbetson, James (2)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
11. 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.)
12. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Ibbetson, Denzil" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
13. Persons: Ibbetson, Denzil (1779–1821) in "CCEd, the Clergy of the Church of England database" (Accessed online, 2 May 2020)
14. Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Boscawen, William" . Dictionary of National Biography. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
15. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. H. Colburn. 1847. p. 507.

External links

• James Ibbetson papers, 1746-1775 at Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology