John Calverley

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John Calverley was an English Anglican priest in the 16th-century. [1]

Calverley was educated at All Souls College, Oxford. [2] He was appointed Rector of Stone, Kent in 1559, and of Beckenham in 1561, and Cliffe in 1572. He was Archdeacon of Rochester from 1574 until his death two years later.

Notes

  1. "The records of Rochester" Fielding, C.H. p228: Dartford;Snowden Brothers; 1910
  2. Cabell-Chafe Pages 228-254 Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714


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