Robert Master
Appearance

Robert Mosley Master (b Croston 12 February 1794 – d Poulton-le-Fylde 1 July 1867), also known as the "Clogging Parson",[1][2] was Archdeacon of Manchester, England.[3] from 1854[4] to 1867.[5]
He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford[6] and ordained in 1822. After a curacy[7] in Burnley[8] he was the incumbent at Leyland, Lancashire until his last appointment at Croston.[9]
His father in law was Member of Parliament for Midhurst.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ Burnley Heritage
- ↑ Burnley Express
- ↑ 'Ecclesiastical', North Wales Chronicle (Bangor, Wales), Saturday, September 9, 1854; Issue 1435
- ↑ 'Ecclesiastical' Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian (Southampton, England), Saturday, September 09, 1854; pg. 3; Issue 1620
- ↑ 'RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE' The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, July 09, 1867; pg. 2; Issue 4437
- ↑ The Quarterly Theological Review and Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 4: London, C & J Rivington, 1826
- ↑ Briercliffe Society
- ↑ The Bury and Norwich Post: Or, Suffolk and Norfolk Telegraph, Essex, Cambridge, & Ely Intelligencer (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, May 31, 1826; Issue 2292
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ Leigh Rayment