William Davis (priest)

{{Short description|English priest}}

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William Davis was an English priest in the 17th century.

Davis was educated at the University of Oxford.[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp. 366-405 Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Dabbe-Dirkin] He became Vicar of Chard in 1642 and canon of Wells Cathedral in 1642; and Archdeacon of Bath in 1643.{{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae |last=Horn |first=Joyce M. |period=1541–1857|volume=5|pages=18–20}}