John Probyn (died 1843) was an Anglican

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in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Probyn was born at Newland, Gloucestershire, a descendant of Sir Edmund Probyn. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He held incumbencies at

Abenhall Abenhall is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mitcheldean, in the Forest of Dean district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the road between Mitcheldean and Flaxley in the Forest of Dean. The par ...

and

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. He was Dean and

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Llandaff Llandaff (; cy, Llandaf ; from 'church' and '' Taf'') is a district, community and coterminous electoral ward in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It was incorporated into the city in 1922. It is the seat of the Bishop of Llandaff, whose ...

from 1796 to his death on 4 October 1843.MISCELLANEOUS Bradford Observer (Bradford, England), Thursday, October 19, 1843; pg. 3; Issue 502

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Archdeacons of Llandaff Deans of Llandaff Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford 1843 deaths 1761 births People from Forest of Dean District {{ChurchinWales-clergy-stub