II 



EARLY CLERICAL LIFE 



ON leaving Oxford, or more probably before that 

 time, Mr. Morris had determined to take Orders, 

 and in the interval that elapsed between November 

 1833 and August 1834 ne applied himself to a 

 careful preparation for the step he was about to 

 take. He obtained a title to the curacy of Hanging 

 Heaton, near Dewsbury, and was ordained deacon 

 on 3rd August by the Archbishop of York (Dr. 

 Vernon Harcourt), the whole county of York being 

 then comprised in that diocese. This examination 

 he passed with credit, and in consequence, on the 

 recommendation of his examining chaplain, Arch- 

 deacon Wrangham, a refined scholar as well as a 

 man of deep learning, the Archbishop presented 

 him the following year with a prize of books when 

 he came up for priest's orders ; he was, moreover, 

 appointed to preach the ordination sermon in the 

 event of the absence of another gentleman who had 

 been invited to preach on the occasion. He did 

 not remain long at Hanging Heaton, and after 

 leaving that place he held the curacy of Taxal, in 

 Cheshire, for three months. 



On New Year's Day 1835 ne niarried Anne, the 



