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His eldest son John, the grandfather of Sir James, 
being obliged to turn his attention to some means 
of living, beyondthe remnant of his paternal fortune, 
chose the clerical profession, and was sent to St. 
Andrew’s, where he graduated. The corporation of 
Norwich presented him with the perpetual curacy 
of St. Helen’s church in that city, and the vicarage 
of South Walsham in Norfolk ; and the Countess of 
Leicester appointed him her domestic chaplain at 
Holkham. 
The generosity of his nature was a check upon 
his enriching himself or his family, although he 
preserved his independence; but he seldom could 
take his dues from a necessitous parishioner, and 
it was his invariable custom, at the wedding of a 
poor couple, to receive the fee from the husband 
and slip it into the bride’s hand. He was remark- 
able for the sweetness of his temper and for several 
little eccentricities of character ; was a great pede- 
strian, and not unfrequently walked from Norwich 
to Holkham before breakfast, a distance of at least 
forty miles, always beginning his journey at one or 
two in the morning. His daughter on one occasion 
received the severest reproof he ever gave her for 
altering the clock to retard his hour of setting off. 
He married Sarah, daughter of Mr. John Raining*, 
* Mr. Raining gave the service of communion-plate still in use 
at the Octagon Chapel in Norwich; 500/. for charitable uses to his 
native town of Dumfries; 1200/. to founda school in North Britain; 
1000/. among several schools and congregations about Norwich, 
or, if times of persecution should arise, to their ministers; be- 
sides other charitable legacies. 
Mr. Raining was the intimate friend of the Rev. Robert Fle- 
