Thomas Ward (priest)
Thomas Ward (11 November 1659 – 20 March 1696) was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Wilts from 1687 until his death.[1]
Ward was born in Grendon, Northamptonshire and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford.[2] He graduated B.A. in 1671 and M.A. in 1674. He was Rector of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire from 1675 until his death; Chancellor of Salisbury Cathedral from 1681 to 1687; and Treasurer from 1687 until his death.
His uncle was Bishop of Salisbury from 1667 to 1689.[3]
References
- Horn, Joyce M. (1986), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 6, pp. 18–19
- Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 pp 1550-1577
- "Ward, Seth (WRT632S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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