John Bettesworth
Dean of the Arches
About John Bettesworth
Lived 1677 – 1751 (aged 73–74). John Bettesworth was an English and British.
John Bettesworth (1677 – 17 December 1751) was Dean of the Arches.
Bettesworth was the son of Robert Bettesworth, a saddler, and was born in Petersfield, Hampshire. He was admitted to St John's College, Cambridge in 1696 (although he did not matriculate until 1699), graduating B.A. 1700, LL.B. 1701, LL.D. 1706.
He was appointed as Dean of the Arches and Master of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in 1710, serving in both capacities until his death in 1751.
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