Background
He was baptised at Leverington, near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 17 July 1674, son of Richard Reynolds (1631–1682), rector of Leverington (parish register).
He was baptised at Leverington, near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 17 July 1674, son of Richard Reynolds (1631–1682), rector of Leverington (parish register).
Sidney Sussex College.
After private education at Moulton and Peterborough, Reynolds became pensioner of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge on 31 December 1689, and was elected foundation scholar in 1690. Unusually, he left Sidney Sussex College to be admitted, on 12 November 1694, a fellow commoner of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated Bachelor of Laws in 1695. He proceeded Doctor of Laws from Sidney Sussex College in 1701.
Taking holy orders, and marrying Sarah, daughter of Richard Cumberland, Reynolds was instituted rector of Saint Peter"s, Northampton, and chancellor of the diocese of Peterborough.
He was promoted to the deanery at the close of 1718, in succession to White Kennett. In 1723 he was translated to Lincoln, and held that bishopric for twenty years.
He died in Charles Street, Westminster, on 15 January 1744, and was buried in Buckden church, Huntingdonshire.
On 7 September 1727 he was elected a member of the Gentleman"s Society at Spalding.