The death of the Rev. Lewis Newcomen Prance, which occurred in the middle of April [1913], has deprived our Society of an old and valued member, a constant attendant at its Council Meetings, and one who, until quite lately, but rarely missed an archaeological excursion. He was a man of great physical activity, and bicycled long distances swiftly and without apparent fatigue.
Mr. Prance graduated from Trinity college, Cambridge, in 1863 and was ordained deacon in the following year. During those two years he held an assistant mastership of Haileybury college. From 1869 to 1872 he was rector of Ayott St. Peter, Herts., and in the latter year went to Stapleford Tawney, which rectory he held, together with that of Theydon Mount, until his death. Mr. Prance, in conjunction with a friend, transcribed and edited the registers of the parish of Stapleford Tawney, and was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1892,
W[illiam] C[hapman] W[aller]
[Extracts from the Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society (now the Essex Society for Archaeology and History).
From ‘Transactions New Series, Volume 13 Part 2’ (1913)]