What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: John Potter DD 1674-1747, Bishop of Oxford and from 1737 Archbishop of Canterbury, lived as a boy in the family home here above his father's draper's shop Recorded plaque organisation: Wakefield Civic Society.
John Potter DD was a prominent Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Oxford and later as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1737 until his death in 1747, known for his scholarly contributions to theology.
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