John Burton (archdeacon of Cleveland) explained

John Burton was Archdeacon of Cleveland from his installation on 23 July 1685 until his death on 24 November 1700.

Burton was born in Sedbergh was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.^[1] He migrated to University of Oxford in 1675.^[2] He was Vicar of Rushden and a canon of York.

Notes and References

1. [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]
2. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp201-227 Bruges-Bythner Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714. Originally published by University of Oxford, Oxford, 1891