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Nicholas Marston
Nicholas Marston (died 14 May 1624) was a 16th century England, English priest. It is uncertain whether his appointment as Archdeacon of Cornwall in 1574 took effect. He was one of three brothers (at least two of whom attended the University of Oxford), who had ecclesiastical careers in the Exeter Cathedral, Cathedral church of Exeter, and in that Diocese of Exeter, diocese within Cornwall and Devon. Their father was a wealthy Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, citizen Haberdasher in the city of London who gave financial support to the early career of his wife's brother William Bradbridge, later bishop of Exeter. Thomas's daughters made advantageous City marriages, and the network of their mercantile patronage and relations with the bishops, Dean (Christianity)#Anglican Communion, deans and chapter of canons, chapters of Exeter and of Diocese of Bath and Wells, Bath and Wells, and with the University of Oxford, spanned several decades of the Tudor and early Stuart period. Lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exeter Cathedral - Geograph
Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal command of Vespasian. Exeter became a religious centre in the Middle Ages. Exeter Cathedral, founded in the mid 11th century, became Anglicanism, Anglican in the 16th-century English Reformation. Exeter became an affluent centre for the wool trade, although by the First World War the city was in decline. After the Second World War, much of the city centre was rebuilt and is now a centre for education, business and tourism in Devon and Cornwall. It is home to two of the constituent campuses of the University of Exeter: Streatham Campus, Streatham and St Luke's Campus, St Luke's. The administrative area of Exeter has the status of a non-metropolitan district under the administration of the County Council. It is the county town of Devon and home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
