John Pretyman Explained

John Pretyman (1753/1754 – 5 June 1817) was an Anglican priest,[1] who served as Archdeacon of Lincoln from 1793 to 1817. He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he started in 1774 age 20; and ordained deacon on 15 March 1778 and priest on 8 June 1780. After a curacy at Rattlesden he was Rector of Shotley from 1784 until his death on 5 June 1817.[2]

He died on 5 June 1817.

He is also recorded as a Prebend of Aylesbury.

Notes and References

  1. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/N13582101 National Archives
  2. '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