Richard Oliver (priest)

Richard Oliver was an Anglican priest, who served as Archdeacon of Surrey from 1686 until his death in 1689.^[1]

Oliver was born in the City of London and educated at St John's College, Oxford, graduating BA in 1673.^[2] After a curacy in Midhurst he became the Rector of Chilbolton.^[3] He became a Canon of Wells in 1684.

References

1. Horn, Joyce M. (1974), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 3, pp. 88–89
2. 1500-1714, Oade-Oxwick
3. National Archives