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Thomas Johnes, MA s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Johnes, Thomas (1) (1749 – 21 April 1826) was a Welsh cleric of the
Thomas Johnes, MA s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Johnes, Thomas (1) (1749 – 21 April 1826) was a Welsh cleric of the Church of England
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, Archdeacon of Barnstaple
The Archdeaconry of Barnstaple or Barum is one of the oldest archdeaconries in England. It is an administrative division of the Diocese of Exeter in the Church of England.
History
The Diocese of Exeter was divided into four archdeaconries in No ...
from 1807 to 1826."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 born in Llanrhidian
The Gower Peninsula ( cy, Gŵyr) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It contains over twenty villages and communities.
Villages
Bishopston
Bishopston (, or historically ''Llanm ...
, the son of John Johnes, educated at Jesus College, Oxford
Jesus College (in full: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship St ...
, where he matriculated in 1769. He was ordained deacon in 1770, and became a curate at Bristol St John the Baptist. In 1772 he was ordained priest, and in 1773 he became rector of Littleton on Severn. In 1779 he returned to Bristol St John the Baptist as rector, a position he held to the end of his life.
Johnes graduated B.A. and M.A. at Oxford in 1783. After a period as domestic chaplain to the Bishop of Bristol, he was curate of Filton
Filton is a town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, north of Bristol. Along with nearby Patchway and Bradley Stoke, Filton forms part of the Bristol urban area and has become an overflow settlement for the city. Filton Church d ...
and vicar of Ashleworth from 1804; in 1807 he was appointed Archdeacon of Barnstaple. He was also rector of Bradstone
Bradstone is a village in Devon, England, on the River Tamar. It has a small church and a Tudor hall (now a farm) with an attractive gatehouse.
Bradstone Manor Farm is a Grade II listed manor house with a Grade I listed 16th century gatehouse. ...
in 1812, and of Lezant
Lezant ( kw, Lannsant) is a civil parish and village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Lezant village is about five miles (8 kilometres) south of Launceston. The population of the parish in the 2001 census was 751, increasing slightly t ...
in 1815. He died in Exeter
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 comm ...
.
References
Archdeacons of Barnstaple Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford 1826 deaths 1749 births People from the Gower Peninsula {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub