Hi Gill There are quite a few hits on Ancestry and in the Times including his Obituary in 1879 (I think you have his death year a wee bit wrong) His entry in the Probate Calendar shows he left under £16,000 There are also the entries from Crockfords on Ancestry I will forward a few bits and pieces Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi Listers, > > I'm a newcomer to this list but a long time subscriber to other lists. > > The Revd James TRIPP was the Rector of All Saints church in Spofforth in > the early 1840s - he was born in Petworth Sussex abt 1788. I have been > unable to find out much about his early life but think he came from a > wealthy family - possibly third son - as there is a Tripps Hill is > close to Petworth. I know he 'rebuilt' All Saints Church (1847) without > permission and left 16,000. pounds when he died in 1892 and is mentioned > in Burke's Peerage as one of his daughters married a Baronet. > > Any more information about him would be appreciated. > > Thanks Gill in Canada