Editing John Bampton (section)

==Biography==
Bampton's father was Jasper Bampton of Salisbury.<ref name="Ox">{{alox1|title=Bampton, John (2)}}</ref> In 1705 at age 16 he was admitted to [[Trinity College, Oxford]], where he graduated B.A. in 1709, M.A. in 1712.<ref name="Ox"/> He was rector of [[Stratford Tony]], Wiltshire, and simultaneously a [[prebendary]] of [[Salisbury Cathedral|Salisbury]], from April 1718 until his death in 1751.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bampton, John (1712–1751) |url=https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?PersonID=6887 |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=Clergy of the Church of England Database |publisher=King’s College London}}</ref><ref name=DECH>Sidney Leslie Ollard (editor) (1912), ''Dictionary of English Church History'', article Bampton, John, p. 36.</ref>