Fitzherbert AdamsD.D. (1651 – 17 June 1719) was a man of learning, and benefactor of theUniversity of Oxford.
Adams was educated atLincoln College, Oxford, where he took hisMaster's degree on 4 June 1675, that ofBachelor of Divinity on 23 January, andDoctor of Divinity on 3 July 1685. He was inducted to therectory ofWaddington,Lincolnshire, on 29 September 1683, and electedRector of Lincoln College on 2 May 1685. The same year, he was installed aprebendary of the sixth stall,Durham, was removed to the tenth in 1695, and from that to the eleventh, in 1711. He served the office ofVice-Chancellor ofOxford University during 1695–7,[1] and died on 17 June 1719.[2]
As Rector of Lincoln College, he held the living ofTwyford, Buckinghamshire; and having received £1,500 for renewing the lease, he laid out the whole in beautifying the chapel of hiscollege, and the Rector's lodgings. He bequeathed his library also to the College, and was a benefactor toAll Saints Church, Oxford, where he lies buried, contributing £200 to purchase aparsonage house.[2]
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Preceded by | Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford 1685–1719 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1695–1697 | Succeeded by |
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