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John was consequently brought up by his grandparents, His grandfather was the Rev Thomas Hulse, himself an Ordained priest with a cure in the Sandbach Deanery. John was educated at Congleton Grammar School.
Part 2 - at the age of 16 he was accepted by St John's College, Cambridge. It is stated that his grandfather took him there with John behind him , on horseback. At this time grandfather was said to be 78 years of age!
It was during his time as an undergraduate that his grandfather died. Coincidentally at this time John's father, being heir to estates of his wife, Anne, inherited Elworth Hall along with all the goods, property and land, stretching from Bradwall to Elworth, and much of Sandbach. This, combined with the extreme wealth of his wife's inheritance in salt production and land and property in Middlewich, Newton, Clive and Nantwich, elevated Hulse Snr, to a position of great wealth and influence across the county.
In 1728 John graduated from Cambridge, gaining a BA in Theology. He was Ordained in 1732, and took up a post at Yoxall in Staffordshire.
Post 1753 John Hulse became a very wealthy man, much of his wealth coming from rents, tythes and manufacture from across mid and south Cheshire.
Despite having 18 siblings, his unusual start in life caused a breach in the domestic arrangements which never healed. All communications with his brothers and sisters seems to have been cut off from that time.
Overtime, it was revealed that none of his siblings had an heir to their estates; John likewise. Consequently, as the eldest son, he inherited even more wealth from the death of his siblings.
Although he lived a very abstemious life, eating little and drinking only water, this frugality did not extend to his charitable care, concern and giving.
On 21 July 1777 John Hulse compiled his last will and testament. It is a very lengthy document, handwritten in small print, and is said to make up a folio of 400 pages. With the exception of bequests to his long-time and devoted servants, Thomas and Elizabeth Plant, and 'local' charities for poor relief, he left his entire estate to Cambridge Universities, with detailed instructions for its use. The will may be read in full via the Cambridge University statutes.
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Samuel Blechynden was born 4 February 1671, descended from an ancient family in Kent. He became a collector of Salt Duties for 37 years.