John Riland Explained

John Riland was an English Anglican priest in the 17th century.^[1]

Riland was born in Gloucestershire and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford.^[2] He held livings in Exhall and Birmingham. He was Archdeacon of Coventry from 1661 until his death on 3 March 1673.

Notes and References

1. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?cc=eebo;c=eebo;idno=a31306.0001.001;page=root;view=text Early English Books
2. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1227-1250 Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Rabbetts-Rhodes