Richard Newte (1613–1678) was an

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clergyman and Rector of Tidcombe and Clare, Tiverton, Devon, England.

Background

Newte was born at Tiverton and baptized on 24 February 1613, the third son of Henry Newte the elder, Tiverton's first Town Clerk after its incorporation in 1615.The History of Tiverton in the County of Devon by William Harding p.48 He was educated at Blundell's School and Exeter College, Oxford where he matriculated. He became Rector of the Tidcombe portion of Tiverton on 24 September 1641 and, in addition, of the Clare portion the following month. He was appointed chaplain to Lord Digby the Earl of Bristol in 1641, then, after the

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, chaplain to Lord de la Warr. During the Civil War Newte was mostly travelling under Royal licence in continental Europe; he returned in 1646 to discover his parsonage at Clare in ruins and the area subject to the ravages of

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. Nevertheless, he was determined to return to the town and continue in his duties which he endeavored to do by using a place in the fields when the people would not enter the plague-hit town.The Church of England Magazine Volume 4 no. 96 24 March 1838 p180-182 He married Thomasine Trobridge of Crediton and their first son was baptized 31 May 1654 at Tidcombe. His second son,

John Newte John Newte (1656–1716) was a high Anglican clergyman best remembered as the defender of the lawfulness of church music. Background John Newte was born at Ottery St Mary on 15 January 1656, the son of Richard Newte (1613-1678) Rector of Tidcom ...

, was born at Ottery St Mary in 1656 whilst he was temporarily denied his living at Tidcombe. John was, in due course, to follow his father as rector of Tidcombe. In 1666, Richard Newte was appointed Chaplain to Charles II although he appears not to have served owing to his suffering from gout and the distance of his residence from the royal court.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Newte, Richard 1613 births 1678 deaths People educated at Blundell's School Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford English Anglicans English Christian religious leaders 17th-century Christian clergy