Joseph Bretland

He was for several years a day scholar at the Exeter grammar school, and was placed in business in 1757, but shortly after left it for the ministry.

From 1770 to 1772 he was minister of the Mint Chapel, and from the latter year until 1790 kept a classical school at Exeter.

He is described as a believer in the unity of the Deity and in the simple humanity of Jesus Christ, and he is styled a scholar of 'extensive and solid learning.'

He composed sermons and prayers for the use of Unitarians, including a Liturgy for the Use of the Mint Meeting in Exeter, 1792.

After his death there were printed at Exeter two volumes of Sermons by the late Rev.