Edward Thornborough (priest)

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Edward Thornborough, DD (b Middlesex 1587; d Worcester 1645)was a 17th-century English priest. [1]

The son of Bishop John Thornborough, [2] he was educated at Merton College, Oxford. [3] Thornborough held livings at Witchampton, Ower Moigne and Turnerspuddle; and was archdeacon of Worcester from 1629 until his death. [4]

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  2. The Civil War in Worcestershire, Malcolm Atkin, 1995, p. 25 Alan Sutton, Stroud, Gloucestershire. ISBN   0-7509-1050-X.
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