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Joshua Tucker (died 1690) was Archdeacon of Barnstaple.

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.

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.

His will was proved in 1679. He had been licensed as a widower to marry Frances Joyner, a widow of Greenwich, Kent.

References

  1. "Memorials of Barnstaple; being an attempt to supply the want of a history of that ancient borough" Gribble, J.B: Barnstaple, J. Avery, 1830
  2. ^ "Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714". British History Online. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
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