William Read (priest)

William Read was Archdeacon of Barnstaple[1] from 1679 until 1703.

[2] Read was educated at Exeter College, Oxford.

[3] He became Rector of Drewsteignton in 1660; and a Canon of Exeter Cathedral in 1662.

In 1680 he became Rector of St Michael the Archangel's Church, Chagford.

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