George Travis (1741, Royton – 1797, Hampstead) was Archdeacon of Chester"The History of the County Palatine of Chester" Hanshall,J.H. p224: Chester, J.Fletcher, 1817 from his installation on 27 November 1786 until his death on 24 February 1797.Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates– and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. vi. Square – Zupitza, (1954) pp 222/3
Travis was educated at Manchester Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon on 3 March 1765; and priest on 22 December 1765. He held livings at Eastham,"Cases at Large Concerning Tithes: Containing All the Resolutions of the Respective Courts of Equity, Particularly Those of the Exchequer, Taken from the Printed Reports, and Manuscript Collections, Mostly by Sir Samuel Dodd, Late Lord Chief Baron, Never Before Published; Together with All the Appeals in the House of Lords, to and in Trinity Term, 22 Geo. III." p762: London, W. Strahan & W.Woodfall, 1783 BromboroughParish notes and Handley."Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester" pp67/8: Manchester, The Chetham Society, 1866
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