John Yale (cleric)

Reverend John Yale (c. 1736–1800) was a British cleric and Rector of Lawford in Essex.

Yale (d. 1682), fought as a commanding officer in the army of King Charles I of England, member of the House of Stuart, successors to the Tudors.

[8] Yale also recommended Mr. Hughes Ruthin and the son of merchant Thomas Williams to the college.

Yale was appointed a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, becoming a member of its governing body after the death of Dr.

[11][8] On 29 May 1768 Yale was ordained Deacon by John Green, Bishop of Lincoln Cathedral, and Priest on 11 March 1770.

Nevil Maskelyne, who became Astronomer Royal, and the first person to measure scientifically the Mass of planet Earth.

[12] On 26 October 1779 he was presented to the rectory of Lawford in Essex by Cambridge University, and was appointed its Rector on 5 November, an office he held until his death.

[8] In 1795, Yale received a game certificate for Denbighshire, along with MP John Wynne Griffith, MP Richard Myddelton of Chirk Castle, also steward of the Lordship of Bromfield and Yale, and Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn of Wynnstay Hall.

[15] She died without children, and as a heraldic heiress, had the Plas-yn-Yale estate and coat of arms entailed in her will to her cousin, Lt. Col. William Parry-Jones, brother of Gen.