Reverend Valentine Henry GRANTHAM, Doctor in Divinity

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  General Notes:

The Reverend Valentine Grantham, Doctor in Divinity, married Elizabeth Halse, daughter of Nicholas Halse and Mary Billing of Oxford, in Oxford in 1785.

They had three sons and two daughters. Valentine was the Parish priest of St-Haybald, Scawby, in co. Lincolnshire, from 1798 until his death in 1829. He performed all divinity services in St-Haybald.

Inside St-Haybald Church hangs commemorative marble plates of Francis and William, his twin grandsons. The career of Francis is described further down.

William died at sea following a lengthy illness aboard the SS Renown, traveling from Rio de Janiero to Liverpool on December 1,1842. (Liliane & Mark Grantham)

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Curate of St. Mary's, 1792, Felmersham, Bedfordshire, England.

• Occupation: Parish Priest of St. Hybalds, 1798/1829, Scawby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.

Valentine married Elizabeth HALSE, daughter of Nicholas HALSE and Mary BILLING, in 1785 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom.