# Richard Furney

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'''Richard Furney''' (1694-1753) was an [Anglican](/source/Anglican) [priest](/source/priest) and antiquary.

==Life==

Furney was born in Gloucester<ref name="Gray">{{cite book|first=Irvine|last=Gray|title=Antiquaries of Gloucestershire and Bristol|date=1981|pages=59-61}}</ref> and was educated at [Oriel College, Oxford](/source/Oriel_College%2C_Oxford), graduating [B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in 1715 and [M.A.](/source/Master_of_Arts_(Oxbridge_and_Dublin))<ref name="alumni">{{cite web|url=//www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp510-541|title=Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Flooke-Fyrmin}}</ref>  He was ordained in 1718 and became curate at St Michael, Gloucester.<ref name="cecd">{{cite web|url=https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?PersonID=15178|title=Church of England Clergy Database}}</ref> He was master of [The Crypt School](/source/The_Crypt_School) in Gloucester from 1719<ref name="cecd" /> to 1724.<ref name="Gray" /> He held [livings](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical)) at [Doynton](/source/Doynton) near Bristol (1720-27),<ref name="cecd" /> [Houghton](/source/Houghton%2C_Hampshire) (1727-29),<ref name="cecd" /> [Cheriton](/source/Cheriton%2C_Hampshire) (1729-53)<ref name="cecd" /> and [Tichborne](/source/Tichborne).<ref name="alumni" /> He served as [Archdeacon of Surrey](/source/Archdeacon_of_Surrey) from 1725 until his death on 17 February 1753.<ref>{{Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae |last=Horn |first=Joyce M. |period=1541–1857 |volume=3 |pages=88–89}}</ref> Despite his association with Hampshire and Surrey, he purchased an estate in [Hucclecote](/source/Hucclecote), Gloucestershire, where he was living at the time of his death.

His antiquarian interests were predominantly the history of Gloucestershire and ecclesiastical history. He left a number of manuscripts,<ref>{{cite web|url=//discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F53190|title=National Archives Discovery record summary}}</ref> including [Abel Wantner](/source/Abel_Wantner)'s drafts for a history of Gloucestershire, but published nothing.<ref name="Gray"/> He was a correspondent of [Thomas Hearne](/source/Thomas_Hearne_(antiquarian)), providing him with access to ecclesiastical records.<ref>{{cite book|title=Remarks and Collections of Thomas Hearne|date=1885|publisher=Oxford Historical Society|pages=120, 215}}</ref> He was also associated with [Thomas Tanner](/source/Thomas_Tanner_(bishop)).<ref>{{cite book|title=Remarks and Collections of Thomas Hearne|pages=213-4}}</ref>

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