[2] In 1747 he also became rector of Islip near Oxford, with a dispensation to hold the rectory of Witney simultaneously.
Concerts at the Deanery, in his time, were frequent; and many of the Performers were the principal Gentlemen in Canterbury and the neighbourhood.
'[1] His influence in the constituency of Canterbury was reasonably strong although not always sufficient for successfully electing an MP.
[4] The English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) lists two publications: A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret’s Westminster, on Thursday, January 30, 1755.
By William Freind, D. D. Prebendary of Westminster, and Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty (London, 1755); and Concio ad clerum in synodo provinciali Cantuariensis Provinciæ, habita ad D. Pauli die 6to Novembris, A.D. MDCCLXI.