Manchester, Nov. 27, 1849.
[We are happy to be able to answer our correspondent's query at
once. The first Burnet prize, on the last occasion, was gained
by the Reverend William Lawrence Brown, D.D., and Principal, if
we recollect rightly, of Mareschal College, Aberdeen. His prize
work, entitled _Essay on the Existence of a Supreme Being
possessed of Infinite Power, Wisdom, and Goodness_, was
published at Aberdeen in 2 vols. 8vo. 1816. The second prize man
was the present amiable and distinguished Archbishop of
Canterbury. His work, entitled _A Treatise on the Records of
Creation_, was published in London, in 2 vols. 8vo. 1816.]
Incumbents of Church Livings.
Sir,--In answer to the Query of your correspondent L., I beg to inform
him that he may find the _name_, if not the birth-place, of incumbents
and patrons of Church Livings in the county of Norfolk, long prior to
1680, in the Institution Books at Norwich, consisting of numerous well
preserved folio volumes. Blomefield and Parkin, the historians of the
county, have made ample use of these inestimable books.