Jump to content

Richard Pilkington (priest)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Venerable Richard Pilkington D.D was an Anglican priest in England.[1]

Pilkington was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1590,[2] and Queen's College, Oxford.[3] He held livings at Hambleden and Salkeld. He was Archdeacon of Leicester from 1625 until his death in 1631.[4] He married Ann May, daughter of John May.[2]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ "Catalogue of the Lansdowne Manuscripts in the British Museum" p250: London; British Museum; 1819
  2. ^ a b "Pilkington, Richard (PLKN585R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Pilkington, Richard" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ Cocks, Terence. "The Archdeacons of Leicester 1092–1992" (PDF). Retrieved 15 January 2012.