THE
PETERITI :. Vor. . V.
JANUAPY, 1883 .
No . 33.
THE LATE ARCHDEACON HEY.
W
E regret to have to record the death of the Ven . Archdeacon IIey, once head master of this school . Every old
Peterite will hear of his death with deep sorrow, especially the pupils who were under his ca r e. The late Archdeacon was born in 1811, at Ockbrook, in Derbyshire, of which place his father was vicar . 1Ie was educated partly under private tuition and partly at King' s School, Sherborne. From this school he proceeded to St . John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated as Twelfth Wrangler and B .A . in 1834, taking also classical honours, and being admitted a fellow of the college in 1836. In the following year 1 .e took his M .A . degree, being ordained deacon by Bishop of Ely, and in 1838 priest by the Archbishop of York . Having been admitted to Holy Orders on his Fellowship, he came to York in 1839, and was appointed Head Master of this School in 1844 . He held this office for twenty years, having under his care a large number of pup is, who have subsequently distinguished themselves at the Universities and in their professions . In 1854 he was appointed Prebendary of Weighton, and also succeeded to the Vicarage of St . Helen's, Stonegate . Iii 1864 he resigned the headmastership of the school, on being appointed Canon Iiesidentiary of the Cathedral . In 1871 he was elected Succentor Canonicorum, and this office he held until October, 1881, when he entered on the duties of Precentor. IIe also resigned the Prebend of Weighton and accepted that of Driffield . In 1874 he had been appointed Archdeacon of Cleveland, and subsequently became Examining Chaplain to the Archbishop, and vicar of St. Olave's, York. His death was cry sudden . Though he had been ailing for some time previously he continued to discharge his official duties almost to