Francis Lloyd (priest)

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Francis Lloyd was a Welsh Anglican priest . [1]

The son of Bishop Humphrey Lloyd, [2] he was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. [3] He held livings at Criccieth, Llanrhaiadr in Kinmerch, Llandyrnog and Llandudno. He was appointed Archdeacon of Merioneth, [4] in 1683, a post he held under his death in 1712.

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References

  1. "The Present State of Europe, Volume 21" p78: London; Henry Rhodes; 1711
  2. Handley, Stuart (January 2008). "Lloyd, Humphrey (1610–1689)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press . Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  3. Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Lloyd-Lytton
  4. Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 body of work, p159