John Evans (archdeacon of Llandaff)

John Evans, D.D. (c. 1695 - 23 March 1749) was Archdeacon of Llandaff[1] from 1722 to 1749 and a Canon Residentiary of Llandaff Cathedral[2] from 1721.[3]

Evans was born at Upton Bishop and educated at Trinity College, Oxford.[4] He held livings at Lugwardine, Bromyard and Upton Bishop. He died on 23 March 1749.

References
  1. Wills of Herefordshire
  2. "Collections towards the history and antiquities of the county of Hereford" Duncumb,J; Cooke,W; Watkins,M.G; Matthews, J.H p564: Hereford, E.G. Wright, 1804
  3. Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Oxford, Parker & Co, 1888-1892, vol 2, p.470
  4. Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Eade-Eyton


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