Joshua Tucker (died 1690) was
Archdeacon of Barnstaple.
["Memorials of Barnstaple; being an attempt to supply the want of a history of that ancient borough" Gribble, J.B: Barnstaple, J. Avery, 1830]
He was the son of Thomas Tucker, of
South Molton, Devon and studied at
Exeter College, Oxford,
matriculating
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Australia
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in 1626/7, graduating B.A. in 1629/30 and M.A. in 1633.
He was rector of
High Bickington
High Bickington is a rural village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England. The village lies on the B3217 road, around east of Great Torrington, south-west of South Molton, and south of Barnstaple. At the 2011 Census, the ...
, Devon, 1647. He was canon of
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Salisbury and is the seat of the Bishop of Salisbury.
The buildi ...
in 1660 and collated
archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1662, serving until his death.
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His will was proved in 1679. He had been licensed as a widower to marry Frances Joyner, a widow of Greenwich, Kent.][
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References
1679 deaths
Archdeacons of Barnstaple
Year of birth unknown
People from South Molton
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