John Sheepshanks (priest)
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John Sheepshanks (b. Linton 5 May 1765 – d. St Gluvias 17 December 1844) was a nineteenth century Archdeacon of Cornwall.[1]
Sheepshanks was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge[2] and ordained in 1788. He served curacies in Ovington and Leeds,[3] after which he was the incumbent at St Gluvias until his death.[4]
- ↑ "Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity" Richardson,E p197: Cambridge, CUP, 2013 ISBN 978-1-107-02677-3
- ↑ Venn, John & Venn, John Archibald. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, Cambridge University Press Part II vol. v p428
- ↑ CCED
- ↑ 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' "The Cornwall Royal Gazette, Falmouth Packet and Plymouth Journal" (Truro, England), Friday, 20 December 1844; Issue 4131
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