Richard Sparcheford Explained

Richard Sparcheford was an English priest in the first half of the 16th century.[1]

Sparcheford was educated at the University of Oxford.[2] He held livings at St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate in the City of London and St Mary the Great, v. He was a canon (priest) of St Paul's Cathedral; and Archdeacon of Shropshire ifrom 1536 until his death in 1560.

References

  1. "Church and State in the Diocese of Hereford:1327-1535" Tarrant, J p136: University of Sydney; 1968
  2. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1394-1422 Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Spackman-Stepney