Richard Seed (priest)

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Richard Murray Crosland Seed (born 9 May 1949) was Archdeacon of York in the Diocese of York from 1999Appointments. The Times (London, England), Thursday, 14 October 1999; pg. 26; Issue 66645 to 2011.

Seed was educated at St Philip's School, Burley-in-Wharfedale;[http://www.francisfrith.com/uk/burley-in-wharfedale/st-philips-school_memory-200171 Francis Frith] Edinburgh Theological College; and Leeds University. He was ordained Deacon in 1972, and priest in 1973.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 :London, OUP, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} After curacies in Skipton and Baildonhe was Team Vicar of Kidlington from 1977 to 1980; and then of Boston Spa from 1980 until his appointment as Archdeacon. During this time he was also Rector of Micklegate.‘SEED, Ven. Richard Murray Crosland’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U34300, accessed 14 May 2017] In 2011 he became a Residentiary Canon and Prebendary of York Minster.[http://dioceseofyork.org.uk/uploads/attachment/590/august-2011-diocese-of-york-newsletter--read-online.pdf Diocese of York] He retired in 2015.