John Skelton (priest)

John Skelton was an English priest in the second half of th 17th Century and the first decade of the 18th.[1]

Skelton was educated at The Queen's College, Oxford.[2] He was Chaplain to Bishop Thomas Winniffe and held livings at Stixwold, Scrayfield, East Wickham and Walgrave. Skelton was appointed a Canon of Lincoln Cathedral in 1683 and Archdeacon of Bedford in 1679, holding both positions until his death on 3 April 1704.[3]

Notes

  1. [hhttp://bedsarchivescat.bedford.gov.uk/Details/archive/110034412 Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue]
  2. Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Shield-Smethurst
  3. Horn, Joyce M. (1992), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 7, p. 14

{Subject bar|portal1= Biography |portal2= Christianity|portal3= England|portal4=History}}

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.