William Nichols (priest)

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William Nichols, DD was a seventeenth-century English priest. [1]

Mawdesley was born in London and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. [2] He was a Fellow of Caius from 1592 to 1600. He was Rector of Cheadle from 1624 to 1644; and was appointed Dean of Chester in 1644. He died on 16 December 1657. [3]

Notes

  1. "History of the city of Chester, from its foundation to the present time : with an account of its antiquities, curiosities, local customs, and peculiar immunities ; and a concise political history" Hemingway, J Chester' J. Fletcher; 1831 p316
  2. "Mallory, Thomas (NCLS610W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. 188–195 British History on-line

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