John Walton (25 October 1565; 30 August 1646) was an
Anglican
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priest
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, who served as
Archdeacon of Derby
The Archdeacon of Derby is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Derby. The archdeacon has responsibility for church buildings and clergy discipline in her/his archdeaconry – the Archdeaconry of Derby – which rough ...
from 1603 until 1603.
Walton was educated at the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
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, chancellor ...
.
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/ref> He was appointed a Canon
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of Lichfield
Lichfield () is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated roughly south-east of the county town of Stafford, south-east of Rugeley, north-east of Walsall, north-west of Tamworth and south-west of B ...
in 1567; Rector
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*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
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of Breadsall
Breadsall is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire, . The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 773. Breadsall Priory is nearby.
History
Breadsall was mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Henry ...
in 1577, and of Gedling
Gedling is a village in the Gedling district, in Nottinghamshire, England, four miles northeast of Nottingham city centre. The population at the 2011 census of the ward was 6,817 and 111,787 for the district. Gedling was recorded in the Domes ...
from 1590 until his death on 1 June 1603.
References
Archdeacons of Derby
Alumni of the University of Oxford
1603 deaths
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