Seth Ward (priest)
Seth Ward (11 November 1645 – 11 May 1690) was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Wilts from 1675 until 1687.[1]
Ward was born in Buntingford and educated at New College, Oxford.[2] He graduated B.A. in 1671 and M.A. in 1674. He was Rector of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire from 1675 until his death; Chancellor of Salisbury Cathedral from 1681 to 1687; and Treasurer from 1687 until his death. He was also a Prebendary of Winchester Cathedral.[3]
His uncle, also called Seth Ward, was Bishop of Salisbury from 1667 to 1689.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Horn, Joyce M. (1986), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 6, pp. 18–19
- ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 pp 1550-1577
- ^ CCEd
- ^ "Ward, Seth (WRT632S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.