Edmund Marten

British priest

Edward Marten (31 March 1688 – 8 October 1751)^[1] was Dean of Worcester from 1746 until his death in 1751.^[2]

Marten was the son of John Marten of Lavington, Wiltshire.^[1] He was educated at Winchester College, where he gained a scholarship in 1698,^[3] and New College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1706, graduating BCL 1713, DCL 1718.^[1]

In the church, he held the following positions:^[1]

Rector of Somerton, Oxfordshire, 1713–19
Rector of Angmering, Sussex, 1719
Rector of Woolbeding, Sussex, 1732
Morning preacher at Grosvenor Chapel, London, 1731
Canon of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, 1733–51
Prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral, London, 1730–51
Vicar of Twickenham, Middlesex, 1741–9
Dean of Worcester and Master of St. Oswald's Hospital, Worcester,^[4] 1746–51

On 23 February 1734/5, Marten married Jane Hawkins.^[1]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Marten, Edmund (2)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
^ British History On-line
^ Kirby, T. F. (1888). Winchester Scholars. p. 215. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^ Green, B. (1979). Bishops & Deans of Worcester. Worcester.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Hunter, David (2009). "Bridging the Gap: The Patrons-in-Common of Purcell and Handel". Early Music. 37 (4): 621–632. doi:10.1093/em/cap111.