Jonathan Fisher (priest) explained

Jonathan Parker Fisher (baptised 28 September 1757^[1] – 31 July 1838) was Archdeacon of Barnstaple^[2] during 1805:^[3] he was later Sub-Dean of Exeter Cathedral.^[4]

He was the son of Rev. John Fisher and Elizabeth Fisher. His elder brother was Rev. John Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury. He was educated at Charterhouse School in Surrey.^[5] and University College, Oxford (BA, 1778; MA, 1780; BD, 1802; DD, 1807).^[6] He died at the rectory in Farringdon, Devonshire, aged 81.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812
2. "The history and description of the city of Exeter" (1806). Jenkins, A. p11: Exeter, P. Hedgeland.
3. Memorials of Barnstaple; being an attempt to supply the want of a history of that ancient borough (1830). Gribble, J.B.: Barnstaple, J. Avery
4. https://archive.org/details/ashburtonitsneig00wortuoft Ashburton and its neighbourhood
5. Book: Alumni Carthusiani: A Record of the Foundation Scholars of Charterhouse, 1614-1872 . 1913 . Charterhouse School . 143 . 17 November 2023 . en.
6. Book: Alumni Oxonienses . 1888 . Parker and Company . 464 . 17 November 2023 . en.
7. News: Deaths . 17 November 2023 . Wiltshire Independent . 16 August 1838 . 2 . subscription.