Education
Adams was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he took his Master"s degree on 4 June 1675, that of Bachelor of Divinity on 23 January, and Doctor of Divinity on 3 July 1685.
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He was inducted to the rectory of Waddington, Lincolnshire, on 29 September 1683, and elected Rector of Lincoln College on 2 May 1685. The same year, he was installed a prebendary of the sixth stall, Durham, was removed to the tenth in 1695, and from that to the eleventh, in 1711. He served the office of Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University during 1695-1697, and died on 17 June 1719.
He bequeathed his library also to the College, and was a benefactor to All Saints Church, Oxford, where he lies buried, contributing £200 to purchase a parsonage house.
