Thomas Somaster was a

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. Somaster was born at

Painsford, Ashprington Painsford (anciently ''Pinford'', etc.) is an historic estate in the parish of Ashprington in Devon. Painsford House Painsford House was described as follows in 1850: ''"It was formerly much larger than at present, and its dilapidated chapel ...

He was a

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All Souls College, Oxford All Souls College (official name: The College of All Souls of the Faithful Departed, of Oxford) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become fellows (i.e., full me ...

. He held the

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Cornwood Cornwood is a village and civil parish in the South Hams in Devon, England. The parish has a population of 988. The village is part of the electoral ward called ''Cornwood'' and Sparkwell. The ward population at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2 ...

. He was

Archdeacon of Cornwall The Archdeacon of Cornwall is a senior cleric in the Church of England Diocese of Truro and one of two archdeacons in the diocese. History and composition The archdeaconry of Cornwall was created in the Diocese of Exeter in the late 11th centu ...

from 1571 to 1603.

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