John Clayton
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English Methodist clergyman, born 1709
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, John Clayton was an English clergyman, an early Methodist, and Jacobite supporter. Life He was the son of William Clayton, bookseller, of Manchester, and was born 9 October 1709. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, and gained the school exhibition to Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1725. In 1729 the Hulmean scholarship was awarded to him, and a little later he became a college tutor. He proceeded B.A. on 16 April 1729, and M.A. on 8 June 1732.
