William Read (priest)

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

""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

Church of England titles
Preceded by Joshua Tucker	Archdeacon of Barnstaple 1679–1703	Succeeded by Robert Burscough

Archdeacons of Barnstaple
High Medieval	Allured Ralph (I) William de Auco Roger Thomas Ralph de Werewell John Ralph (II) Isaac Walter de Pembroke Henry de Bracton Richard Blund Godfrey Giffard John de Bradleigh Thomas de Hertford Philip of Exon Ralph Germeyn
Late Medieval	William Melton William Fitsrogo John Wele Bartholomew de Sancto Laurentio Walter Giffard Richard de Morcester Richard de Wideslade William Zouche John de Nassington John de Reynham Hugh de Monyton John de Derby William de Mugge Henry Whitefield Robert Rygge Richard Aldtyngton John Orum John Waryn Richard Helyer Michael Tregury Roger Keys William Fulford John Stubbes Owen Lord Robert Barforth William Elyot
Early modern	John Vesey Richard Norton John Young John Tyake Richard Tollett Thomas Brerwood John Pollard Henry Squire Robert Lawe William Tooker William Helyar James Smith Joshua Tucker William Read Robert Burscough Thomas Lynford Lewis Stephens John Grant William Hole Roger Massey John Andrew
Late modern	Peregrine Ilbert Jonathan Fisher Thomas Johnes John Bull George Barnes John Bartholomew Henry Woollcombe Herbert Barnes Albert Seymour Robert Trefusis Frank Jones Edgar Hay Denis James Guy Sanderson Arthur Ward Ronald Herniman Trevor Lloyd David Gunn-Johnson Mike Edson (Acting) Mark Butchers

Diocese of Exeter
Exeter Cathedral The Palace, Exeter The Old Deanery, Exeter
Office holders	Robert Atwell, Bishop of Exeter Nick McKinnel, Bishop suffragan of Plymouth Jackie Searle, Bishop suffragan of Crediton AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Jonathan Greener, Dean of Exeter Mark Butchers, Archdeacon of Barnstaple Douglas Dettmer, Archdeacon of Totnes Nick Shutt, Archdeacon of Plymouth Andrew Beane, Archdeacon of Exeter
Selected deaneries	Deanery of Barnstaple Deanery of Cadbury Deanery of Christianity (Exeter) Deanery of Hartland
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Cornwall (11th century – 1876; became the Diocese of Truro)

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