William Buckner (1605–1657) was an English

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priest in the 17th century, who held the office of Archdeacon of Sarum from 1643. He was christened in the parish of

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in London on 27 Oct 1605, a younger son of Thomas Buckner, a London

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at whose house Thomas Harriot died in July 1621. His father had accompanied Harriot to the New World on the first (abortive)

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venture in 1585, led by Ralph Lane. William Buckner matriculated at Christ Church in Oxford at the age of 16 in October 1621 and ultimately was conferred the M.A. degree in 1626. He pursued a career in the Anglican Church. Buckner was ordained a priest in 1629 and instituted

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of Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire in 1630. He resigned that position soon after to become vicar of Damerham and

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, then in Wiltshire. At some point, he became the minister of St Thomas parish in Salisbury and was collated Archdeacon of Sarum in 1643 on the death of his predecessor Thomas Marler. Like many Anglican clergy, he was deprived of his office during the

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. He died in late 1657 and was succeeded by

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Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford 17th-century English Anglican priests Archdeacons of Sarum 1657 deaths 1605 births {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub