John Thane (priest)

John Thayne was an Anglican priest.[1]

Thane was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge[2] and incorporated at Oxford in 1682.[3] He held livings at Kirby Underdale and Northenden. He was appointed a Canon of Chester Cathedral in 1686 and Archdeacon of Chester from 1707, holding both positions until his death on 30 June 1727. He is buried at the cathedral.[4]

References

  1. "Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum" p522: London; King George; 1808
  2. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. iv. Saal – Zuinglius, (1927) p217
  3. Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Tabbe-Thomyow
  4. "History of the city of Chester, from its foundation to the present time : with an account of its antiquities, curiosities, local customs, and peculiar immunities ; and a concise political history" Hemingway, J Chester' J. Fletcher; 1831 p326


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