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John Duncumb (1765 - 19 September 1839) (occasionally spelled Duncomb) was an English clergyman and antiquary. He is best known as the author of an unfinished county history of Herefordshire. ==Life== Duncumb was the second son of Thomas Duncumb, rector of Shere, Surrey. He was educated at a school in Guildford, under a clergyman named Cole; and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in 1787, and proceeded M.A. in 1796. In 1788 he settled at Hereford, in the dual capacity of editor and printer of Charles Pugh's ''Hereford Journal''. Duncumb's journalistic career ended in 1791, when he was ordained. He was instituted to the rectory of Tâlachddû, Brecknockshire in 1793,〔 cites 〕 and to Frilsham, Berkshire, in the same year. In 1809 he became vicar of Tortington, Sussex, but resigned the living soon afterwards on his institution as rector of Abbey Dore, Herefordshire (the Duke of Norfolk being patron of both benefices).〔 cites 〕 In 1815 he obtained the vicarage of Mansel Lacy, Herefordshire, from Mr. (afterwards Sir) Uvedale Price,〔 cites 〕 and he held both these Herefordshire benefices at his death. Duncumb was secretary to the Herefordshire Agricultural Society from its formation in 1797, and in 1801 he published an ''Essay on the Best Means of Applying Pasture Lands, etc., to the Production to Grain, and of reconverting them to Grass''. Another treatise was a ''General View of the Agriculture of the County of Hereford'' (1805), written for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement. He also published two sermons, one preached on 9 March 1796 (the day appointed for a general fast); the other preached in Hereford Cathedral on 3 August 1796, at the annual meeting of the subscribers to the Hereford General Infirmary (printed in 1797 for the benefit of the charity).〔 cites 〕 By 1809 he had been elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.〔 He also served as a magistrate for Herefordshire.〔 cites 〕 Duncumb was never resident in any of his various parishes, but lived from 1788 until his death in Hereford, where he died on 19 September 1839, aged 74.〔 He was buried in the church of Abbey Dore, where a monument still exists. Duncumb's manuscript collections were sold by his widow to a local bookseller. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Duncumb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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