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John Skelton (priest)

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John Skelton was an English priest in the second half of the 17th century and the first decade of the 18th.[1]

Skelton was educated at The Queen's College, Oxford.[2] He was chaplain to Bishop Thomas Winniffe and held livings at Stixwold, Scrayfield, East Wickham and Walgrave. Skelton was appointed a canon of Lincoln Cathedral in 1683 and Archdeacon of Bedford in 1679, holding both positions until his death on 3 April 1704.[3]

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  1. ^ Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  2. ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Shield-Smethurst
  3. ^ Horn, Joyce M. (1992), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 7, p. 14