Evans was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A.
at Cambridge in 1665; was licensed to St. Benet Fink, London, 16 May 1663; and was also rector of Hitcham, Buckinghamshire.
His son, George Evans, also a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, succeeded him at Benet Fink in 1693.
He was a friend and correspondent of Elias Ashmole, and made collections relating to the history of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, printed in Ashmole's 'Berkshire,’ 1719.
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