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Jonathan Fisher (priest)

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Jonathan Parker Fisher (baptised 28 September 1757[1] – 31 July 1838) was Archdeacon of Barnstaple[2] during 1805:[3] he was later Sub-Dean of Exeter Cathedral.[4]

He was the son of Rev. John Fisher and Elizabeth Fisher. His elder brother was Rev. John Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury. He was educated at Charterhouse School in Surrey.[5] and University College, Oxford (BA, 1778; MA, 1780; BD, 1802; DD, 1807).[6] He died at the rectory in Farringdon, Devonshire, aged 81.[7]

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  1. ^ Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812
  2. ^ "The history and description of the city of Exeter" (1806). Jenkins, A. p11: Exeter, P. Hedgeland.
  3. ^ Memorials of Barnstaple; being an attempt to supply the want of a history of that ancient borough (1830). Gribble, J.B.: Barnstaple, J. Avery
  4. ^ Ashburton and its neighbourhood
  5. ^ Alumni Carthusiani: A Record of the Foundation Scholars of Charterhouse, 1614-1872. Charterhouse School. 1913. p. 143. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  6. ^ Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. 1888. p. 464. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Deaths". Wiltshire Independent. 16 August 1838. p. 2. Retrieved 17 November 2023.