Person: Lever, Thomas (1563 - 1577)

• Comments

  VENN: B.A. 1541-2. Of Little Lever, Lancs. S. of John. B. at Bolton. M.A. 1545; B.D. 1552. Fellow of ST JOHN'S, 1543. Master of St John's, 1551-3. Ord. deacon (London) June 23; priest, Aug. 10, 1550. A fugitive at Zurich, and elsewhere, under Queen Mary. Minister at Coventry, 1559. Archdeacon of Coventry, 1560-77. Master of Sherburn Hospital, 1563. Preb. of Durham, 1564; deprived, 1567. Author, Sermons. Died July, 1577. Buried at Sherburn. Monumental inscription.'M.I. Brother of Ralph (1547) and perhaps of John (1549-50), father of Samson (1578). (Cooper, I. 366; F.M.G., 103; Vis. of Lancs., 1567; D.N.B.)
  
  
  SEE OXFORD DNB: Lever [Leaver], Thomas (1521–1577), Church of England clergyman and writer

Appointment Events

• Archdeacon : Archdeaconry of Coventry (27/07/1563 - 27/08/1577 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Libc	Lever, Thomas	27/07/1563	Archdeacon		Archdeaconry of Coventry/	View
  Vac	Lever, Thomas	27/08/1577	Archdeacon	natural death	Archdeaconry of Coventry/	View

Death Events

• Death (27/08/1577)

  Name	Date	Cause	Type	Full Record
  Lever, Thomas	27/08/1577	natural death	Vac	View