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Below are selected citations in chronological order. In 1708 Benjamin Bayly, Rector of St. James Church in
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on 15 October 1692. He took the degree of M.A. on 30 October 1695. He was rector of St. James's, Bristol, from 1697 to his death, 25 April 1720. He was also for some time vicar of
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