William Johnson (Archdeacon of Hereford)

William Johnson, D.D. (18 October 1642; 2 February 1698) was an Anglican priest in the Seventeenth Century.[1]

Johnson was born in Sedgeberrow and educated at The Queen's College, Oxford.[2] He was appointed Chaplain to Herbert Croft, Bishop of Hereford in 1668; and Canon Residentiary of Hereford Cathedral in 1669. Johnson held livings at Croft, Whitbourne and Clifton. He was Archdeacon of Hereford from 1690 until his death in 1698.[3]

References

1. "Hereford Cathedral" Aylmer, G p248
2. Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Jablonski-Juxston
3. Le Neve, John; Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus (1854). Archdeacons of Hereford . Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 481–482  – via Wikisource.