Fletcher, John, -1848?

found: His Reflections on the spirit, &c. &c. of religious controversy, 1806:t.p. (Rev. Dr. Fletcher, of Hexham, England)

found: OCLC, Sept. 13, 2017(access point: Fletcher, John, -1848?; Fletcher, John, -1848; Fletcher, John, 1766-1845)

found: Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913(John Fletcher; b. Ormskirk, England; Catholic priest; professor at the College at St-Omer, France, and taken prisoner during the French Revolution; released in 1795 and returned to England; served as priest in Hexham, Blackburn, and Weston Underwood; served as chaplain to the dowager Lady Throckmorton; in charge of Leamington Mission, 1839-1844; moved to Northampton in 1844, where he served until resigning due to old age in 1848; not listed in Catholic directory after 1848, although his death is not recorded there; died abt 1848)

found: Oxford dictionary of national biography, via WWW, Sept. 13, 2017(John Fletcher; b. Ormskik, England; Roman Catholic priest and writer; studied at Douai College 1782-1791; created Doctor of Divinity by Pope Pious VII, Aug. 24, 1821; died shortly after his resignation in 1848)

found: MWA/NAIP files, Sept. 25, 2017(access point: Fletcher, John, -1848?; note: vital dates not known; some modern sources give vital dates of 1766-1845, but provide no justification; no death record or obituary located; probably died in 1848)