MASSINGBERD

Francis Charles (only son of Francis Ma ingberd, R. of Washing borough near Lincoln, d. 1817). b. Washing borough rectory 3 Dec. 1800; ed. at Rugby 1814–8 and Magd. coll. Oxf., demy 23 July 1818 to 1824; B.A. 1822, M.A. 1825; R. of South Ormsby, Lincs. 9 Dec. 1825 to death, restored the church and built a new rectory and schools; preb. of Lincoln 1847–62, chancellor and canon residentiary of Lincoln 11 Dec. 1862 to death, instituted an afternoon sermon in the nave; author of English history of the leaders of the reformation. 1842, 4 ed. 1866; The educational and mi ionary work of the church in the eighteenth century 1857; The law of the church and the law of the state 1859; Lectures on the prayer book 1864. d. Kensington, London 5 Dec. 1872. bur. South Ormsby. Bloxam’s Magdalen college register, vii 272–9 (1885).