Background
Valpy, the fourth son of Richard Valpy of Saint John"s, Jersey, by his wife Catherine, daughter of John Chevalier, was born at Reading He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating Bachelor of Divinity in 1810.
Valpy, the fourth son of Richard Valpy of Saint John"s, Jersey, by his wife Catherine, daughter of John Chevalier, was born at Reading He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating Bachelor of Divinity in 1810.
In 1810 Valpy was elected high master of Norwich Grammar School, which flourished under his direction. Much later, a school house was named after him. In 1819 he became rector of All Saints, Thwaite, and vicar of Saint Mary, South Walsham, both in Norfolk.
These livings he held till his death at Yarmouth on 15 April 1832.
Valpy married Anne, daughter of Thomas Western of Great Abington, Cambridgeshire, and widow of Chaloner-Byng Baldock, vicar of Milton Abbey in Dorset. By her he had a son, the Review
Edward John Western Valpy, who died in 1830.