William Read was Archdeacon of Barnstaple[1] from 1679 until 1703.[2]
Read was educated at Exeter College, Oxford.[3] He became Rector of Drewsteignton in 1660; and a Canon of Exeter Cathedral in 1662. In 1680 he became Rector of St Michael the Archangel's Church, Chagford.[4]
References
edit- ^ ""Who Wrote Eikōn Basilikē?" Considered and Answered: In Two Letters" Wordsworth, C p90: London, John Murray, 1824
- ^ "Memorials of Barnstaple; being an attempt to supply the want of a history of that ancient borough" Gribble, J.B: Barnstaple, J. Avery, 1830
- ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Rabbetts-Rhodes
- ^ British History On-line