Francis Mears was an English priest in the 17th-century."Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica: Antiquities in Leicestershire, Volume 7" p502: London; J.Nichols; 1790
Meres was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209-1751 Vol. iii. Kaile – Ryves, 1924) p171 He was ordained in 1632. Meres was Headmaster of Uppingham School from 1641 to 1666;University of Leicester and held the livings at Wardley, Teigh and Misterton. He was Archdeacon of Leicester from 1679 until his death on 27 August 1683.
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