Son of Joseph Adey, scrivener, town clerk and coroner for Lichfield, and his first wife.
Dr. Samuel Johnson was a friend of the Adey family in Lichfield, and when John Adey moved to Norfolk, he became acquainted with Johnson's old friend William Windham, who had also befriended Adey's future brother-in-law, Humphry Repton.
Johnson, wrote that on 14 Dec 1785 he "rode over to Holt" with Adey and, in late November of 1793 that "Adey came to keep courts" and he spent the next day with him coursing over Aylmerton Field.
John's brother-in-law Humphry Repton named his eldest son in his honor. Both John Adey and his brother-in-law served on the Aylsham Navigation; Humphry as a Commissioner and John as its Clerk. It was by John's solicitation that Parliament approved the Navigation, which had been defeated when first attempted in the early 1700's.
John Adey was a solicitor and held many positions in the community as well as with the Parish church and was a liked and respected man.
Dr. Samuel Johnson was a friend of the Adey family in Lichfield, and when John Adey moved to Norfolk, he became acquainted with Johnson's old friend William Windham, who had also befriended Adey's future brother-in-law, Humphry Repton.
Johnson, wrote that on 14 Dec 1785 he "rode over to Holt" with Adey and, in late November of 1793 that "Adey came to keep courts" and he spent the next day with him coursing over Aylmerton Field.
John's brother-in-law Humphry Repton named his eldest son in his honor. Both John Adey and his brother-in-law served on the Aylsham Navigation; Humphry as a Commissioner and John as its Clerk. It was by John's solicitation that Parliament approved the Navigation, which had been defeated when first attempted in the early 1700's.
John Adey was a solicitor and held many positions in the community as well as with the Parish church and was a liked and respected man.
Son of Joseph Adey, scrivener, town clerk and coroner for Lichfield, and his first wife.
Dr. Samuel Johnson was a friend of the Adey family in Lichfield, and when John Adey moved to Norfolk, he became acquainted with Johnson's old friend William Windham, who had also befriended Adey's future brother-in-law, Humphry Repton.
Johnson, wrote that on 14 Dec 1785 he "rode over to Holt" with Adey and, in late November of 1793 that "Adey came to keep courts" and he spent the next day with him coursing over Aylmerton Field.
John's brother-in-law Humphry Repton named his eldest son in his honor. Both John Adey and his brother-in-law served on the Aylsham Navigation; Humphry as a Commissioner and John as its Clerk. It was by John's solicitation that Parliament approved the Navigation, which had been defeated when first attempted in the early 1700's.
John Adey was a solicitor and held many positions in the community as well as with the Parish church and was a liked and respected man.
Dr. Samuel Johnson was a friend of the Adey family in Lichfield, and when John Adey moved to Norfolk, he became acquainted with Johnson's old friend William Windham, who had also befriended Adey's future brother-in-law, Humphry Repton.
Johnson, wrote that on 14 Dec 1785 he "rode over to Holt" with Adey and, in late November of 1793 that "Adey came to keep courts" and he spent the next day with him coursing over Aylmerton Field.
John's brother-in-law Humphry Repton named his eldest son in his honor. Both John Adey and his brother-in-law served on the Aylsham Navigation; Humphry as a Commissioner and John as its Clerk. It was by John's solicitation that Parliament approved the Navigation, which had been defeated when first attempted in the early 1700's.
John Adey was a solicitor and held many positions in the community as well as with the Parish church and was a liked and respected man.
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