Thomas Wren (priest)

Thomas Wren (1632–1679) was Archdeacon of Ely^[1] from 1663 until 1679.^[2]

The second son of Matthew Wren, he was baptised on 20 January 1632 at Church of St Mary the Less, Cambridge. On 31 October 1661 he became a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and in 1663 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He held incumbencies at Littlebury, Northwold and Willingham before his appointment as Archdeacon. He was a Canon of Southwell from 1664 to his death.^[3]

References

↑ National Archives
↑ British History On-line
↑ "Wren, Thomas (WRN661T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Bernard Hale	Archdeacon of Ely 1663–1679	Succeeded by Barnabas Oley

Archdeacons of Ely and of Cambridge

High Medieval (Ely)	Nicholas William Brito William of Lavington Richard FitzNeal Richard Barre Stephen Ridel Adam de Tilneia Giles Robert of Leicester Nicholas of Ely John de Balsham Ralph Walpole John de Oseville Ralph de Foderingeye

Late Medieval (Ely)	Adam Ralph de Fodringhey (again) William Cardinal de Testa Gilbert de Bruer Richard de Bentworth John de Ufford Gaillard Cardinal de la Motte Stephen de Ketelbergh Bernard de Caulason James de Beaufort Nicholas Cardinal Roselli de Tarragona Androynus Cardinal de la Roche Edward Burnell John Crischirch Thomas de Pattesele Thomas Dalby Thomas Ferriby Richard Clifford Adam Mottrum John Welbourne John Metford Richard Wetheryngesete John Stokes Richard Bole Richard Robinson Thomas Morton

Modern (Ely)	Thomas Alcock Nicholas Hawkins Thomas Thirlby Richard Cox Henry Cole John Boxall John Warner Robert Wisdom John Parker John Palmer Robert Tinley Daniel Wigmore Edmund Mapletoft Bernard Hale Thomas Wren Barnabas Oley William Saywell Richard Bentley Robert Eyton Charles Plumptre Richard Watson Henry Browne Charles Hardwick William Emery William Cunningham Horace Price William MacKennal Herbert Kirkpatrick Michael Carey John Long David Walser Jeffrey Watson John Beer (retitled Archdeacon of Cambridge)

Cambridge	John Beer (previously Archdeacon of Ely) Alex Hughes

Diocese of Ely

Ely Cathedral Isle of Ely Bishop's House, Ely Bishop Woodford House

Office holders	The Bishop of Ely, Stephen Conway The Bishop suffragan of Huntingdon, David Thomson AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough The Dean of Ely, Mark Bonney The Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech, Hugh McCurdy The Archdeacon of Cambridge, Alex Hughes

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Ely (c. 1106–ren. 2006) Archdeacon of Bedford (1837–1914) Archdeacon of Wisbech (1915–c. 2002)

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