John Bartholomew (priest)

John Bartholomew (25 October 1790 – 24 September 1865) was an Anglican priest who was Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1847 to 1865.

Bartholomew was born in the Parish of St Davids, Exeter,[1] to Rev.

[3] He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (BA 1813, MA 1820),[4] and he was both made deacon and ordained priest in 1817 by the Bishop of Exeter.

[3] He was appointed Curate of Withycombe Rawleigh in 1817, and of Sowton in 1819, Rector of Lympstone in 1820 and, additionally, a Prebendary of Exeter in 1831.

[5] He was Rector of Morchard Bishop since 1831, Canon residentiary of Exeter since 1840, and Archdeacon of Barnstaple since 1847.