Edward Cotton (priest, died 1675)

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Edward Cotton (2 November 1616 - 11 November 1675) was the Archdeacon of Cornwall [1] from 1660 until his death. [2]

Sleech was from Silverton, Devon and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. [3] 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.

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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.