Venn: Adm. sizar (age 17) at Caius, Oct. 19, 1654. S. of Ralph, clerk, of Stoke Dry, Rutland. B. at Bishop's Cannings, Wiltshire. School, Uppingham (Mr Meres). Matric. 1655; Scholar, 1655-9; B.A. 1658-9; M.A. 1662. V. of Altarnun, Cornwall, 1662-98. V. of St Mary Magdalen, Launceston, 1663-98, and Master of the Free School there. Preb. of Exeter, 1680-99. Best known to fame as the priest who exorcised a ghost at Botathan, ComwaU, in 1665. Said to be the author of The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr Duncan Campbell, published by Defoe. Died Jan. 20, 1698-9. M.I. at Launceston. Will, Exeter. (Venn, i. 390; N. and Q., 8th S., viii. 221.)
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Sub | Ruddle, John | 28/07/1662 | Vicar | Others | Alternon/ | View |