Samuel Freeman (priest) explained

Samuel Freeman (10 June 1664 – 14 October 1707) was dean of Peterborough from 1691 until his death.^[1]

Freeman graduated from Clare College, Cambridge in 1665.^[2] He held incumbencies at St. Peter, Stantonbury, St. Peter and St. Paul, Olney, Buckinghamshire, St Anne and St Agnes in the City of London, and St Paul, Covent Garden. He was also a prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral.^[3] He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity (DD).

Notes and References

1. "Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 8, Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough Dioceses." Deans Pages 118–122 Institute of Historical Research, London, 1996
2. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]
3. http://db.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/DisplayPerson.jsp?PersonID=35530 CCED