Stephen Townesend (priest)

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Stephen Townesend was Dean of Exeter between 1583 and 1588. [1]

Notes

  1. Ursula Radford (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association 87: 1–24.
Religious titles
Preceded by
George Carew
Dean of Exeter
15831588
Succeeded by
Matthew Sutcliffe



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