Valentine_Overton

Valentine Overton

Valentine Overton

Former Archdeacon of Derby

Valentine Overton (25 October 1565; 30 August 1646) was an Anglican priest, who served as Archdeacon of Derby from 1603 until 1609.[1]

The son of Richard Overton and nephew of Bishop William Overton,[2][3] he was baptized in the parish of St. Giles without Cripplegate, London, 25 October 1565, and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford.[4] He was for many years the incumbent at Bedworth.[5] Overton was appointed a Canon of Lichfield in 1593.

References

  1. [1]
    Horn, Joyce M. (2003), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 10, pp. 10–12
  2. [2]
    Clifford L. Stott, “In Search of Mr. Overton: The Ancestry of Valentine Overton and his Connections to New England Immigrants,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 172 (2018): 221–237, 323–31; 173 (2019): 82–91.
  3. [3]
    "Bishops | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. [4]
    1500-1714, Oade-Oxwick
  5. [5]
    Find a grave


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