Background
Worthington was born in 1703 and educated at Oswestry School before moving to Jesus College, Oxford.
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William Worthington
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Jesus College; Street John"s College.
Career
He matriculated in 1722 and obtained his Bachelor degree in 1726. He became usher of Oswestry School in 1726 and was ordained priest, becoming vicar of Llanyblodwell in Shropshire in 1729 through Francis Hare, the Bishop of Street Asaph. Worthington obtained a Master of Arts degree from Street John"s College, Cambridge in 1730, and Bachelor's Degree and Doctor of Divinity degrees from the University of Oxford in 1738.
In 1748, Hare presented Worthington to the post of vicar of Llanrhaeadr in Denbighshire, Wales.
He was appointed in 1768 as a canon of York Minster by the Archbishop of York, Robert Hay Drummond, who had previously been Bishop of Street Asaph and for whom Worthington had acted as chaplain. He held other honorary parish positions, in Darowen, Montgomeryshire and Hope, Flintshire.
He died in Llanrhaeadr on 6 October 1778, leaving money to missionary societies in his will.
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Religion
Christianity