PINNOCK

William Henry (son of Wm. Pinnock, publisher and author 1782–1843). b. 1813; educ. C.C. coll. Camb., LL.B. 1850, LL.D. 1855; admitted LL.D. at Oxford 1859; C. of Somersham, Hunts. 1846–70; English chaplain at Chantilly, France 1870–6; C. in charge of All Saints, Dalston, London 1876–7; V. of Pinner, Herts. 1879 to death; edited W. Pinnock’s History of England made easy, new ed. 1847; wrote a continuation of Pinnock’s Abridgment of Goldsmith’s History of England, 46 ed. 1858; edited Clerical papers on church and parishioners, 6 vols. 1852–63; author of The laws and usages of the church and clergy, the unbeneficed clerk, 2 ed. 1854; Rubrics for communicants explanatory of the holy communion office 1863; The law of the rubric and the transition period of the church of England 1866; The church key, belfry key and organ key 1870; The Bible and contemporary history: an epitome of the history of the world from the creation to the end of the old testament, edited by E. M. B., 2 vols. 1887. d. Pinner vicarage 30 Nov. 1885. The Times 5 Dec. 1885 p. 9.