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B. (Benjamin) Richings
d. 1872
A 19th-century Anglican clergyman and devotional writer, he published practical religious works along with reflective books on epitaphs and remembrance. His surviving books suggest a writer interested in everyday faith, church life, and the moral lessons people draw from death and memorials.
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The Church Rate: A Dialogue Between a Churchman and a Dissenter
by B. (Benjamin) Richings
About the author
Benjamin Richings was an English clergyman educated at Lincoln College, Oxford. A record in Alumni Oxonienses says he matriculated in 1805, earned his B.A. in 1811 and M.A. in 1812, and later served as vicar of Mancetter in Warwickshire from 1816 until his death on April 30, 1872.
His published work shows a distinctly pastoral and religious focus. Books attributed to him include The Tent and the Altar, or, Short Family Prayers for Every Morning and Evening in the Week, The Church Rate: A Dialogue Between a Churchman and a Dissenter, Voices from the Tombs, and A General Volume of Epitaphs, Original and Selected.
Taken together, these titles paint the picture of a writer concerned with both daily devotion and the public life of the church. He seems to have written for ordinary readers, offering prayers, moral reflection, and meditations on memory, death, and Christian belief in a clear, accessible way.