John Thane (priest) explained

John Thayne or Thane was an English churchman, Archdeacon of Chester in 1707.^[1]

Life

Thane's father was a physician at Lynne, and his mother was a sister of John Pearson.^[2] He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and incorporated at Oxford in 1682.^[3] He held livings at Kirby Underdale and Northenden. He was appointed a Canon of Chester Cathedral in 1686 and Archdeacon of Chester from 1707, holding both positions until his death on 30 June 1727. He is buried at the cathedral.^[4]

On Pearson's death, the bulk of his books and papers went to Thane. Thane acted as editor for his works on chronography.^[5] He wrote to Thomas Barlow in 1686, the year of Pearson's death, going over plans to publish Pearson's works.^[6] He edited Pearson's Opera Postuma Chronologica.^[7]

Notes and References

1. "Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum" p522: London; King George; 1808
2. Book: Pearson . John . The Minor Theological Works: Now First Collected, with a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Index . 1844 . University Press . xcvii note z . la.
3. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1453-1478 Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Tabbe-Thomyow
4. "History of the city of Chester, from its foundation to the present time : with an account of its antiquities, curiosities, local customs, and peculiar immunities ; and a concise political history" Hemingway, J Chester' J. Fletcher; 1831 p326
5. Book: Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester . 1889 . Chetham Society. . 562 . en.
6. Book: Hampton . Stephen . Anti-Arminians: The Anglican Reformed Tradition from Charles II to George I . 29 May 2008 . OUP Oxford . 978-0-19-155985-3 . 21 . en.
7. Book: Biographia Britannica: Or, The Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who Have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the Earliest Ages, Down to the Present Times . 1760 . W. Innys . 3311 . en.