Joshua Tucker

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Joshua Tucker (died 1690) was Archdeacon of Barnstaple. [1]

He was the son of Thomas Tucker, of South Molton, Devon and studied at Exeter College, Oxford, matriculating in 1626/7, graduating B.A. in 1629/30 and M.A. in 1633. [2]

He was rector of High Bickington, Devon, 1647. He was canon of Salisbury Cathedral in 1660 and collated archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1662, serving until his death. [2]

His will was proved in 1679. He had been licensed as a widower to marry Frances Joyner, a widow of Greenwich, Kent. [2]

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References

  1. "Memorials of Barnstaple; being an attempt to supply the want of a history of that ancient borough" Gribble, J.B: Barnstaple, J. Avery, 1830
  2. 1 2 3 "Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714". British History Online. Retrieved 2012-05-23.