He was ordained as a Church of England priest and became curate at Hanslope in Buckinghamshire until 1846 , when he was appointed rector of Boothby Pagnell in Lincolnshire .
He was ordained as a Church of England priest and became curate at Boothby Pagnell in Buckinghamshire until 1846 , when he was appointed rector of Hanslope in Lincolnshire .