Joshua Tucker (died 1690) was Archdeacon of Barnstaple.[1]
He was the son of Thomas Tucker, of South Molton, Devon and studied at Exeter College, Oxford, matriculating in 1626/7, graduating B.A. in 1629/30 and M.A. in 1633.[2]
He was rector of High Bickington, Devon, 1647. He was canon of Salisbury Cathedral in 1660 and collated archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1662, serving until his death.[2]
His will was proved in 1679. He had been licensed as a widower to marry Frances Joyner, a widow of Greenwich, Kent.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Memorials of Barnstaple; being an attempt to supply the want of a history of that ancient borough" Gribble, J.B: Barnstaple, J. Avery, 1830
- ^ a b c "Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714". British History Online. Retrieved 23 May 2012.