William Read (priest)
Archdeacon of Barnstaple

William Read (priest)

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Archdeacon of Barnstaple
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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 Chagford.