3.5 2011-26 1 JAQUES STERNE (1695-1759) A DOCUMENTARY RECORD OF AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LIFE (Daniel Reed, ‘Jaques Sterne (c 1695-1759), A Documentary Record of an Eighteenth-Century Life’) This timeline is dedicated to mapping the documentary record of a single eighteenth-century life, that of the clergyman and civil magistrate, Jaques Sterne (c1695-1759). He is most popularly known as the antagonistic uncle of Laurence Sterne, author of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759-67) and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768) but was a far more prominent figure in the North of England than his nephew during his lifetime. This timeline is designed to investigate the life and career of a single historical figure through the building blocks of the surviving archival record, and by charting key events and geographic location indicators. It is intended both as resource for those interested in Sterne studies, and eighteenth-century society more broadly. OUTLINE OF CAREER – ECCLESIASTICAL Curate of Washingborough, Lincolnshire September 1717 – April 1718 Curate of Holy Trinity King’s Court, York April 1718 – 1723 Rector of Rise, East Riding of Yorkshire 1723 – 1759 Vicar of Hornsea-cum-Riston, East Riding of Yorkshire 1729 – 1759 Prebendary of Apesthorpe, York 1729 – 1731 Auditor of the archbishop’s estates 1730 – 1746 Prebendary of Ulleskelfe, York 1731 – 1735 Prebendary of South Muskham, Southwell 1734 – 1755 Precentor of York 1735 – 1759 Archdeacon of Cleveland 1735 – 1750 Archdeacon of the East Riding 1750 – 1755 Prebendary of the Second Stall, Durham 1755 – 1759