William Read
Archdeacon of Barnstaple
About William Read
William Read was Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1679 until 1703.
Read was educated at Exeter College, Oxford. 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.
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