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Edward Cotton (priest, died 1675)

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Edward Cotton (2 November 1616 - 11 November 1675) was the Archdeacon of Cornwall from 1660 until his death.

Sleech was from Silverton, Devon and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He was appointed Rector of St. Thomas and St. Peter, Winchester in 1640; a Canon of Exeter in 1660; Vicar of Bampton in 1663 and Treasurer of Exeter in 1672.

References

  1. National Archives
  2. Le Neve, John; Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus (1854). Archdeacons of Cornwall . Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. Vol. 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 397–401  – via Wikisource.
  3. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Sleech, Rev. Charles" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
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