Francis Meres (Archdeacon of Leicester) explained

Francis Mears was an English priest in the 17th-century.[1]

Meres was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] He was ordained in 1632. Meres was Headmaster of Uppingham School from 1641 to 1666;[3] and held the livings at Wardley, Teigh and Misterton. He was Archdeacon of Leicester from 1679 until his death on 27 August 1683.[4]

Notes and References

  1. "Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica: Antiquities in Leicestershire, Volume 7" p502: London; J.Nichols; 1790
  2. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]
  3. https://www.le.ac.uk/lahs/downloads/CocksvolumeLXVII-5sm.pdf University of Leicester
  4. Le NeveRoger de Saxenhurst. John. Hardy. Sir Thomas Duffus. John Le Neve. Thomas Duffus Hardy. Archdeacons of Leicester. Page:Fasti_ecclesiae_Anglicanae_Vol.2_body_of_work_part_1.djvu/73. Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. 2. 1854. Oxford University Press. Oxford. 59–63. 65–69.

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