William Finch (bishop)
William Finch was appointed Bishop of Taunton under the provisions of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 in 1538,[1] a post he held to his death in 1559.[2] He had previously been Prior of Breamore[3] before his elevation to the episcopate. He was additionally the incumbent at West Camel from 1536.[4]
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- ^ Glanmor Williams, ‘Barlow , William (d. 1568)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006 accessed 6 Dec 2008
- ^ "Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603; Church of England; Great Britain- Church history" Lee,F.G: London : W.H. Allen, 1880
- ^ Breamore Parish Council Web Site
- ^ 'Parishes: West Camel', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 3 (1974), pp. 71-81. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66489 Date accessed: 6 December 2008.
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