Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Spence, Joseph
Spence, Joseph, s. Joseph, of Kingsclere, Hants, cler. Magdalen Hall, matric. 11 April, 1717, aged 16; fellow New Coll., B.A. 9 March, 1723-4, M.A. 1727, professor of poetry 1728-38, regius professor of modern history 1742, and preb. of Durham 1754, until his death 20 Aug., 1768. See O.H.S., ix. p. 82.