The Ven. Richard Lane Freer was

Archdeacon of Hereford The Archdeacon of Hereford is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Hereford. The archdeacon is the senior priest with responsibility over the area of the archdeaconry of Hereford. History The first recorded archdea ...

from 1852 to 1863. He was educated at

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church (, the temple or house, ''wikt:aedes, ædes'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by Henry V ...

. After a

curacy A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' () 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 who are ass ...

in Handsworth he held incumbencies at Mansel Lacy and Bishopstone-cum- Yazor. He died on 11 August 1863.‘UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE’ Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, August 15, 1863; Issue 5755

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Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Archdeacons of Hereford 1863 deaths Year of birth missing {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub