William Richards (Archdeacon of Berkshire)

The Ven William Richards (1643–1712) was Archdeacon of Berkshire^[1] from 1689 until 1698.^[2]

He matriculated from All Souls' College, Oxford in 1660; and became its Chaplain. He was Rector of Heythrop from 1675; and Vicar of St Giles' Church, Reading from 1678.

He died on 4 October 1712.^[3]

References[edit]

^ ”The Church of England C.1689-c.1833: From Toleration to Tractarianism” Haydon, C; Taylor, S; Walsh J (p152): Cambridge, CUP, 1993 ISBN 0521417325
^ 'Archdeacons: Berkshire', Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 6: Salisbury diocese (1986), pp. 14-16. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35087 Date accessed: 09 October 2013
^ 'Riader-Roissie', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 1250-1277. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=119383 Date accessed: 09 October 2013

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Sharp	Archdeacon of Berkshire 1689 –1698	Succeeded by Jonas Proast

v t e Archdeacons of Berkshire
High Medieval	Roger Geoffrey de Vernun Alberic Geoffrey William of Merton Clement William de Raley Giles of Bridport William Walter Scammel Stephen of Newbury William de Berges
Late Medieval	Richard de Bello Tydo de Varesio Gilbert de Stapleton Robert de Ayleston Edmund de la Beche Thomas Paxton John Harewell Guillaume Cardinal d'Aigrefeuille Thomas Yokflete papal grants: Andrea Cardinal Bontempi Martini Christopher Cardinal Marini Walter Cook royal grants: John Southam Walter Cook Ralph Repyngton John Wynwyk John Southam Thomas Southam John Fraunceys Simon Sydenham Walter Medford Peter de Alcobasso Thomas Brunce John Castell Alexander Sparrow John Norton Richard Ewen Robert Stillington John Russell John Morton Richard Martyn Oliver King Stephen Bereworth Christopher Twineho Stephen Bereworth (again) William Grey Robert Audley
Early modern	John Crayford William Pye Thomas Whyte Martin Culpepper, Dean of Chichester Leonel Sharp Edward Davenant John Ryves Peter Mews John Sharp William Richards Jonas Proast Richard West Edward Talbot Martin Benson Samuel Knight John Spry William Dodwell Arthur Onslow John Fisher Edward Berens James Randall
Late modern	Alfred Pott William Ducat Richard Wickham Legg Arthur Parham, Bishop of Reading Eric Knell, Bishop of Reading Eric Wild, Bishop of Reading Raymond Birt John Brown David Griffiths Mike Hill Norman Russell Olivia Graham Stephen Pullin

v t e Ceremonial county of Berkshire
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Unitary authorities	Bracknell Forest Reading Slough West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Ascot Bracknell Earley Eton Hungerford Maidenhead Newbury Reading Sandhurst Slough Thatcham Windsor Wokingham Woodley See also: List of civil parishes in Berkshire
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