Rev. Nicholas Pennington 1679-1735

[LPennington]

Hi Folks,

I have this entry on Nicholas Pennington but am having a bit of trouble deciphering it. The entry is The Oxford University Alumni 1500-1886:
https://www.ancestry.com.au/imagevie...279?pId=173432

It says that Nicholas was the son of Robert from Anderton County, Lancaster, pleb.

What is a pleb.? And is Robert a pleb. of St. Alban Hall or is it referring to Nicholas? because then it goes on to mention he matriculated on 22 Nov 1695, then his BA, then his MA in 1702-3, and rector of Withyham, Sussex in 1704, and Ashurst, Kent in 1717.

Not much use of semi-colons so it left me scratching my head.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

[Jomot1]

pleb is short for plebeian, indicating that his father was a commoner, or someone of little consequence / standing.

St Alban Hall (Oxford) relates to Nicholas.

[LPennington]

Aaah, that makes sense. Thank you. Nicholas went on to earn quite a living as a rector (as did his son and grand son).

[arthurk]

Have you seen him in the Clergy Database?

https://
theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/DisplayCcePerson.jsp?PersonID=1663

[LPennington]

Thank you for the reference to the Clergy Database. It has proved extremely useful as there were three generations of clergy in the family.