John Burton was Archdeacon of Cleveland from his installation on 23 July 1685 until his death on 24 November 1700.

Burton was born in Sedbergh was educated at St John's 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 VVol. i. Abbas – Cutts, (1922) p266 He migrated to University of Oxford in 1675.Bruges-Bythner Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714. Originally published by University of Oxford, Oxford, 1891 He was Vicar of Rushden and a canon of York.

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