Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Pett, Phineas
Pett, Phineas, s. John, of Maidstone, Kent, gent. Christ Church, matric. 1 June, 1774, aged 18; B.A. 1778, M.A. 1781, censor 1783-91, proctor 1785, B.D. 1791, D.D. 1797, a canon 1815-30, treasurer 1828, principal of St. Mary Hall 1801-15, Whitehall preacher 1788, vicar of Orton-on-the-Hill 1789, and of Cropredy, Oxon, 1789, rector of Wentnor, Salop, 1794, and of Chilbolton, Hants, 1795-1830, preb. of Salisbury 1801, rector of Newington, Oxon, 1802-30, refused the bishopric of Carlisle 1827, chancellor and archdeacon of Oxford 1797, until his death 4 Feb., 1830. See Alumni West., 399.