Josiah Pleydell

The Venerable Josiah Playdell (1641–1707) was an Anglican priest in England.^[1]

Playdell was born in Newnham on Severn and educated at Queen's College, Oxford^[2] and King's College, Cambridge^[3] Playdell was ordained in 1663 and became curate at Chipping Norton. He held livings at Cocking, Bristol, Lyminster and Nuthurst. He was Archdeacon of Chichester from 1679 until his death.^[4]