Charles Plumptre

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Charles Plumptre was an Anglican priest during the mid 18th century. [1]

Plumptre was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. [2] He held incumbencies at Harston, Whaddon and Wimple before being appointed domestic chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford in 1745. He was appointed a prebendary of Norwich Cathedral in 1749; and Archdeacon of Ely in 1751: he was collated on 20 December and installed on 29 December that year. [3] He died in post on 14 September 1779. [4]

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References

  1. National Archives
  2. Former alumni
  3. "Archdeacons: Ely", Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 7: Ely, Norwich, Westminster and Worcester dioceses (1992), pp. 13-14. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35232 Date accessed: 11 October 2014
  4. The Gentleman's Magazine 1779, xlix 471; G/1/14 p. 231.
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Preceded by Archdeacon of Ely
1751–1779
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