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John Pretyman (1753/1754 – 5 June 1817) was an Anglican
priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...
, who served as
Archdeacon of Lincoln The Archdeacon of Lincoln is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Lincoln – he or she has responsibilities within his archdeaconry (the ancient Archdeaconry of Lincoln) including oversight of church buildings and some supervision, d ...
from 1793 to 1817. He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he started in 1774 age 20; and
ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform var ...
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on 15 March 1778 and
priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...
on 8 June 1780. After a
curacy A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...
at
Rattlesden Rattlesden is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is approximately north-west from the county town of Ipswich, with the nearest town Stowmarket to the east. The parish includes the hamlets ...
he was
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of
Shotley Shotley is a village and civil parish south-east of Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk. It is in the Babergh district and gives its name to the Shotley peninsula between the Rivers Stour and Orwell. The parish includes the village of ...
from 1784 until his death on 5 June 1817.'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' The Bury and Norwich Post: Or, Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Cambridge, and Ely Advertiser (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Wednesday, 11 June 1817; Issue 1824 He died on 5 June 1817. He is also recorded as a Prebend of Aylesbury.


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1817 deaths People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Archdeacons of Lincoln People from Babergh District Year of birth uncertain {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub