(Samuel), curate of Shelton in Norfolk, prebendary of Canterbury, and chaplain in ordinary to the king, was a learned Englishman. His manners were those of a philosopher, uncorrupted by the manners of the world. He wrote a history of the world, sacred and profane, to serve as an introduction to Prideaux, in 3 vols 8vo. It is heavily written, but displays a great deal of erudition. His death, which happened in 1756, prevented him from carrying it down to the year 747 before Christ, where Prideaux begins. He wrote also a treatise on the Creation and Fall of Man, to serve as a supplement to the preface to his history.