He was the son of Ebenezer Ibbetson, of the parish of St Martin, Ludgate in the City of London, a silk merchant who imported mantuas from the Netherlands.[3][4][5] He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in 1734, at age 16. He was a Fellow of the college from 1737 to 1749, graduating B.A. in 1740 and M.A. in 1741. He received the divinity degrees of B.D. in 1748 and D.D. in 1752.[3][6]
A Plea for the subscription of the Clergy to the thirty-nine articles of religion (1767).[8] This work was an early criticism of the proposals by Francis Blackburne to relax the religious tests in the Church of England.[9]
^Nathalie Rothstein, Dutch Silks – An Important but Forgotten Industry of the 18th century or a Hypothesis?, Oud Holland Vol. 79, No. 3 (1964), pp. 152–171, at p. 155 note 20. Published by: Brill JSTOR42712157