Rev. William Reade

• Name	William Reade
  Prefix	Rev.
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I5794	A01 England 1600 One-Name Study
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2016

  
  

  Family	(Female) Short
  Children	1. Anne Reade,   b. Chagford, Devon (aka Devonshire), England of? ,   d. Abt Apr 1706, Chagford, Devon (aka Devonshire), England of
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2016
  Family ID	F2188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Rev. William Reade, Rector of Drewsteignton http://www.foda.org.uk/main/projects/eighteenthcentury/drewsteignton/rectors.htm William Reade had been Rector since the Restoration in 1660 and his appointment had probably been helped by his marriage to the daughter of the royalist Dr. Short who had been ejected in 1647. Mr. Reade described the parsonage in his glebe terrier of 1679 in the following terms: To the Parsonage House itself there are two gardens... the rooms... are these viz. Imprimis Room over the outer gate with a little closet adjoyning to it. A Large Hall... a parlour planched with new oak boards hung around with green stuff not long since by the present incumbent. He also describes seven rooms upstairs, a buttery, a kitchen, larder, dairy, brewhouse, shippon, 'pultry' house, barns and other outbuildings. It was a gentleman's residence and lived in by all his successors except one old man who was non-resident and died after two years in office.