Background
Born at Coventry, he was the son of Thomas Tillesley of Eccleshall in Staffordshire, by his wife, the daughter of Richard Barker of Shropshire.
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Richard Tillesley
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He graduated Master of Arts
Career
Matriculating at Balliol College, Oxford, on 20 January 1598, Richard was elected a scholar of Street John"s College on 5 July 1603. on 26 June 1607, Bachelor of Divinity on 22 November 1613, and Doctor of Divinity on 7 July 1617. On 25 November 1613 he was licensed to preach, and in that and the following year he received the Kentish rectories of Stone and Cuxton from John Buckeridge, Bishop of Rochester and former President of Street John"s College. On 9 April 1614 he was installed archdeacon of Rochester.
Tillesley was buried in the choir of Rochester Cathedral, leaving a son John.
