Robert Mosley Master (b Croston 12 February 1794 – d Poulton-le-Fylde 1 July 1867), also known as the "Clogging Parson",Burnley HeritageBurnley Express was Archdeacon of Manchester, England.'Ecclesiastical', North Wales Chronicle (Bangor, Wales), Saturday, September 9, 1854; Issue 1435 from 1854'Ecclesiastical' Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian (Southampton, England), Saturday, September 09, 1854; pg. 3; Issue 1620 to 1867.'RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE' The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, July 09, 1867; pg. 2; Issue 4437
He was educated at Balliol College, OxfordThe Quarterly Theological Review and Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 4: London, C & J Rivington, 1826 and ordained in 1822. After a curacyBriercliffe Society in BurnleyThe Bury and Norwich Post: Or, Suffolk and Norfolk Telegraph, Essex, Cambridge, & Ely Intelligencer (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, May 31, 1826; Issue 2292 he was the incumbent at Leyland, Lancashire until his last appointment at Croston.National Archives
His father in law was Member of Parliament for Midhurst.
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