Person Shippen; Robert (1675 - 1745) Shippen Robert 1675 - 1745 Male Prestbury, Cheshire 1675 St Andrew's, Holborn, London 1745 Burial: Brasenose College chapel, Oxford

Goodman's Fields, London

Education: Stockport Grammar School; Merton College, Oxford; BA (1696); Brasenose College, Oxford; MA (1699), BD (1710), DD (1710) Career: Fellow of Brasenose; Professor of Music at Gresham College, London (1705-1710); Rector of Great Billing, Northamptonshire (1710-1712); Master of Brasenose (1710-1745); Rector of Whitechapel, Middlesex (1716); Vice-Chancellor of Oxford (1718-1723); Rector of Amersham, Buckinghamshire (1744) Son of William Shippen, DD, Rector of Stockport, Cheshire, and Kirkheaton, Yorkshire; married Frances, widow of Sir Gilbert Clerke, Kt, of Chilcote, Derbyshire, and daughter of Richard Legh of Lyme, Cheshire; succeeded as Gresham Professor by his elder brother Edward Shippen, MD Fellow 20/11/1706 Edward Lany Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB (Shippen, William); Foster; Ward References: Gentleman's Magazine 1748, p614 (obituary) London Magazine 1748, p629 (obituary) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1675 - 1745 NA314 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes c3a11815-ff97-4541-b85e-ff3f098e5860