John Venn's Alumni Cantabrigenses, Part 1 page 422, published in 1922, gives a brief detail of Robert's academic achievement at Cambridge.

Adm. pens[ioner] at SYDNEY 10 June 1681; Ofnly son of Robert (?1651) gent, deceased; Born at Kelk, Yorks. School Kelham; Matric[ulated] 1681; Adm.[mitted] at Middle Temple, Feb 9 1683-4. Pensioner: the second of the three ranks in which students Matriculated - a commoner who pays his own tuition and common or food. Matriculated: enrolled Right: A map locating Great Kelk

After the marriage of Robert Crompton to Mary FAWS(E)TT believed to be 23 December 1685, Robert CROMPTON bought Burnby Manor. It remained in the Crompton possession ¹ until 03 September 1772, when John CROMPTON of Ruston sold the Manor with the appurtenances and the houses, buildings and lands in Burnby and Hayton belonging thereto; messuages farms and tenements in Ellerton and Newland to Sir Edmund Anderson of Kilnwick Percy at a cost of £2800. ²

End notes

1. Pocklington History - History of Burnby
2. East Riding Archives DDAN/243

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