John Thane (priest)

John Thayne, DD was an Anglican priest in the Seventeenth Century.[1]

Thane was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] sand incorporated at Oxford in 16822.[3]niversity of Oxford|Oxford]] in 1621.[4] He held livings at Kirby Underdale and Northenden. He was appointed a Canon of Chester Cathedral in 1686 and Archdeacon of Chester from 1707, holding both positions until his death on 30 June, 1727. He is buried at the cathedral.

References

1. "Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum" p522: London; King George; 1808
2. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. iv. Saal – Zuinglius, (1927) p217
3. Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Tabbe-Thomyow
4. Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Smith-Sowton